Stefan Borson drops verdict after Newcastle chief’s plan to avoid Isak situation revealed

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The i Paper reported on 14 October Newcastle’s sporting director Ross Wilson will lead an audit of the club’s star players’ contract situations to avoid a repeat of the Isak situation. MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Speaking exclusively to Football Insider about Newcastle’s release clauses plan, Borson said: “It can make sense and it cannot make sense.

“I mean, there are lots of players in Spain that have release clauses because they have to have release clauses. You can point to it with a buying club and say, ‘If you want this guy, that’s what it’s going to cost’.” Credit: ImagoNewcastle previously inserted a £100m release clause in Bruno Guimaraes’s deal, but it expired in the summer of 2024.

However, Borson doesn’t believe Howe’s side could have received more for the Sweden international if he had a £150m release clause. “The reality is, even if Isak would have had a £150m release clause, if Liverpool in that scenario said, ‘We’re not paying the release clause’, you’re still in the same situation you were always in with the player,” said Borson.