Alexander Isak has made himself unavailable to Newcastle United while pursuing a transfer to Liverpool before the transfer window closes. He has not featured for the Magpies since informing the club of his desire to leave and has faced criticism for missing pre-season commitments. Isak also missed the PFA awards and issued a public statement explaining his position. Former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant expressed sympathy, recounting a similar career incident involving Tony Pulis blocking a loan move and sidelining him. Pennant noted such disputes occur across clubs and that this case has attracted heightened attention because of Isak's profile.
It happened to me on a much lower scale, but I was going to Leeds on loan, it was all agreed and out of nowhere Tony Pulis blocked it, Pennant explained. He said You're going to be in my plans', but then for the next game against Everton, he put me in the stands. I wasn't happy with that at all.
That didn't sit well, I showed my frustration and the week after that I was training with the kids and told not to be around the first team. So it goes both ways, and because this one with Alexander Isak is on such a massive scale, it's in the spotlight. But this goes on throughout all clubs, these kinds of arguments, back and forth. We were only hearing one side of it, we were only hearing what he was not doing from the Newcastle hierarchy
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