According to the Liverpool Echo, Newcastle former player Chris Wardle said in an interview that Newcastle should quickly complete the transfer to sell Isaac to Liverpool at a record price before the summer window is closed, and criticized the farce between Newcastle and Isaac as "a mess" and "handled like a bar team."
Wardel played for Newcastle from 1980 to 1985. He said: "If I were Newcastle, I would have sold Isaac this week. I know a lot of fans are asking the club to leave Isaac to punish him, but we're not talking about a player worth millions. His transfer will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars - it's incredible, the amount involved is too big to sit in the reserve team."
"If he really wants to leave and go to Liverpool, I'll accept the price of 100 million plus bonuses, and then that's over."
"The whole situation is a mess, Newcastle handles it like a bar team-it's embarrassing. Both Isaac himself and his agent are acting in the completely wrong way."
"He is difficult to replace - neither Larsson nor Jackson are at his level."