Why did Isaac publicly express his break with Newcastle? What is the reason behind it?

This matter involves transfer knowledge in football: Webster terms. This clause has a certain relationship with the breakup between Isaac and Newcastle, and it is also the reason why Isaac has confidence.

What are the Webster clauses? This is the common name of Article 17 of the FIFA Transfer Regulations.

The clause stipulates that players aged 21 to 28 can buy out the remaining contracts and leave the team after the contract is fulfilled for three years, while players over 28 must perform for two years. The buyout amount is equivalent to the total annual salary of the player's remaining contract period, and must submit a statement of departure 15 days before the end of the last official game of the season, and transfers to the same national club are prohibited.

In 2006, Scottish player Webster had a conflict with the club and wanted to leave the team, so he used this rule to activate the clause, and then forced a transfer to Wigan, the Premier League.

This is the first player in football to use this clause. Because of this, in the future, the transfers involved in this case were described as "Webster clause".

In history, this clause has not appeared many times because there are too many transfer factors involved and the conflicts between players and clubs are not willing to break up, hurt their relationship, and have to sue them later, which will affect the players' career.

Most football transfers are still carried out according to procedures, first contact the club, then communicate with the players, and then release them friendly and pay the transfer fee to get apart.

Regarding the Webster clause, this is currently controversial. FIFA is also revising the transfer regulations to improve them as much as possible to regulate football transfer disputes and avoid more conflicts.

In fact, many players will not rashly activate the Webster clause. If they do this, they will undoubtedly give themselves a bad reputation, and also provide imitation for everyone. If any star is unhappy in the future, they will leave using this regulation, which will undoubtedly bring losses to the club.

Maybe you can't get by in the football world in the future, and your career development will be limited.

Return to this example of Isaac and Newcastle.

Isaac and Newcastle's current contract expires in June 2028. He came to the team in the summer of 2022 with a net worth of 70 million euros.

In other words, Isaac has the conditions to use the new regulations and is expected to become a free agent within 12 months and transfer to other national clubs.

Assuming that this is true, Isaac will unilaterally default, which means that he can sign other clubs immediately after the transfer window reopens on July 1, 2026. Then Newcastle received compensation, and the compensation was measured based on the conditions of the contract, salary, bonus, etc., and finally weighed how much money it could be paid.

Long-term lawsuits and disputes are definitely indispensable. The players will drag on the side, and the team will also cause a lot of problems due to lawsuits, which will make both sides very unhappy.

Considering that the arbitration time and procedures are still going to take at least one and a half years, for the new team, it is worth taking a risk to sign Isaac without a visa and pay uncertain compensation later.

After all, there are only two years of contract left, and the remaining compensation cannot reach more than 100 million transfer fees. If Isaac is in good shape and has excellent skills, they can afford the compensation.

Speaking of this, some fans will also raise a question. Didn’t Isaac say that the club he likes is Liverpool? It is from the same national club, and even if the Webster clause is used, it cannot be transferred. Why does he still have to make trouble with the team? If you want to do this, don't forget that Isaac's confidence comes from his competitive skills and his own level. Even if they have a rift with Newcastle and cannot directly transfer to the club, other countries' giant teams may not want Isaac.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Paris, some teams will extend olive branches to Isaac.

His breakup with Newcastle was on the surface that Liverpool would not go, but in fact he was not that simple. The agent must have prepared Isaac to switch to other league teams such as Spain, Germany, Italy, France and other countries. The

Webster clause gives Isaac and his agent the confidence to maintain a strong posture, at least this clause can be used for them.

From the perspective of Newcastle Club, to avoid Isaac from really launching the Webster clause and not being threatened, what they can do is very simple, that is, to meet Liverpool's quotation in the next ten days, and let Isaac transfer to Liverpool, and avoid losing both people and money.

or there is another way to discuss with Isaac a new option to sign a new contract to stipulate the terms of the termination.

But from the current situation, these two will be a bit unsustainable. Liverpool may not be able to meet Newcastle's favorite quotation. It will suppress the price in the negotiations and go to Isaac as cheap as possible. As for signing a new contract with Isaac, don't think about it. It is unrealistic to sit down and talk carefully.

Therefore, the most likely best result is to let go, Newcastle gave up some of the benefits slightly, cashed out as soon as possible and let Isaac go to Liverpool. Otherwise, Isaac would have to use the Webster clause, and players would only get the preset minimum transfer fee when they insisted on leaving the team next summer, and the team would not be worth the loss.

This matter will be a bit confusing during the future. How it develops depends on the situation in the future, time will give us the answer.