Alan Shearer recently accepted an interview and talked about Isaac's forced transfer. He said that Isaac's move not only hurt Newcastle, but also hurt Liverpool, and even dragged down the Swedish national team. In addition, Shearer also talk...
Alan Shearer recently accepted an interview and talked about Isaac's forced transfer. He said that Isaac's move not only hurt Newcastle, but also hurt Liverpool, and even dragged down the Swedish national team. In addition, Shearer also talked about the situation of other players such as Nevisa in the Newcastle team.
Isak went on strike this summer and forced Newcastle to let him join Liverpool for a record transfer fee. For this reason, he refused to participate in any meaningful training or pre-season activities with Newcastle, resulting in a serious lack of match fitness when he came to Anfield.
It has been more than a month and a half since Isaac left Newcastle, but he has only scored 1 goal in 6 appearances for Liverpool, and has not scored in the last 3 international games played for the Swedish team. After a series of poor results, Sweden now looks very likely to miss out on next summer's World Cup finals.
Shearer said Isaac has only himself to blame for his failure to make an impact for club or country in recent weeks, with the striker's actions in the summer having had serious backfires.
"This is not the start of the season that Isaac wanted, when you consider that Sweden has a front three of Jokeres, Isaac and Ilanga, but can't score and is on the verge of missing out on the World Cup. Obviously, the coach has paid the price and lost his job, which is not surprising. "
"Obviously, due to the situation at Newcastle, Isaac has not played and trained, and it is understandable that he has not yet entered the state at Liverpool, he Maybe I originally expected to fully recover my physical fitness through this international match day, but the result was the opposite. "
"It didn't work, he and his team failed to score and couldn't score, and when you look at the capabilities of that front three, being bottom of the group doesn't look normal at all. This summer clearly didn't help Isaac. "
When Isaac joined Liverpool, Visa also left Brentford to join Newcastle. However, Visa is yet to make his Newcastle debut as he suffered a knee injury while playing international duty with Congo in early September. He is not expected to return for Newcastle's trip to Brighton this weekend. Having already missed so many games this season, Shearer questioned whether Visa would have to pull out of the Africa Cup of Nations. Congo have qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco and if Visa is named in their squad, he could miss around a month of Premier League action around the end of the year.
"It will be a very difficult decision for Visa not to play in the African Cup of Nations, you always want to represent your country, but I will say that since he did not train or play in the summer, he could have performed more in those two games while he was away from the club for the national team. A lot of responsibility, after all, he has never played a game before. But when representing the country means so much, it is very difficult to say to someone that he cannot and will not represent the country. And we know that the African Cup is very important and the players are eager to participate in that event. . It's going to be a tough ask but I understand there will be a lot of people who think he's never played for Newcastle and he needs to show us some loyalty. I understand and understand that sentiment because Newcastle have spent a lot of money on him and he has yet to step onto the turf at St James' Park. This will be a very difficult decision for both him and Newcastle. If there is any workaround, I'm not sure. "
Although Visa has been absent so far this season, Anthony Gordon has had a strong start to the season with both Newcastle and England. The winger has featured in both of England's games during the international break and looks to have cemented his place at the heart of Thomas Tuchel's plans when he scored a stunning opener in Tuesday's 5-0 win over Latvia to seal their place at next year's World Cup.
"What you need to do is, when you get the opportunity, you have to prove yourself to the coach, and I think there is no doubt that Anthony Gordon has done that, he is a very talented player. Sometimes, he just needs to strengthen the quality of that final shot in the game, and he scored on Tuesday, which will give him a huge belief and confidence. When you look at the competition for positions in the team, except for one or two positions It's been intense elsewhere. Gordon got his chance on Tuesday and he's done really well. I think a couple of players have been fantastic in the last two games. Harry Kane has been great again against Wales.
