Newcastle have only gone and bloody won the cup. Where do you want your statue Eddie Howe. This team have achieved immortality. The golden boys #nufc

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United have told Alexander Isak he will not be sold this summer and move to Liverpool will be blocked - sparking player fury #nufc #lfc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Ben, on a story of this magnitude and given it was me who broke the story, can you not, for once, credit the journalist who was responsible for it. I understand what you do but this is out of order. You also got the fee wrong.

I’m British, this is Britain and I have no interest in what an American vice president has to say about this country. A country he doesn’t understand, love or appreciate. Let alone live in. The reaction of so called “patriots” to his provocative attempt to meddle is truly jaw droopingly cringe.

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Striker scores for Newcastle, so let’s talk about Arsenal signing him immediately 🤣🤣🤣

When something as awful as the Southport stabbings happen this platform is a cesspit largely thanks to Elon’s algorithms promoting far right racists.

My mum collapsed today, broke arm, smacked head on pavement and has probably had a minor stroke. She was with my dad, but a couple saw what happened and rather than wait an hour for ambulance, drove them to hospital and gave them £20 for a taxi home as dad didn’t have his wallet

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle will finally consider selling Alexander Isak if Liverpool bid £130m #nufc #lfc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United have tonight agreed the £130m sale of Alexander Isak to Liverpool #nufc #lfc

🚨EXCLUSIVE Alexander Isak tells Newcastle he still wants to leave after new talks with Saudi owners #nufc #lfc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Put your passports away #NUFC

One of the best wins of the season. Kieran Trippier holding the ball and smiling while Forest players tried to psyche him out before penalty - and then handing it to a totally chilled Isak to send keeper the wrong way a classic of the genre #NUFC

Complete rubbish. Thanks for coming

I’ve just seen the foul by Konate on Barnes in the second half again. We didn’t have any replays in the press box. Erm, well, it was a clear shove with arm, wasn’t shoulder to shoulder and it was in his back. That’s a second yellow card. Referee didn’t even give the foul. Interesting…

Early days, but Sir Keir Starmer made himself an international statesman on his visit to the White House. A leader and a diplomat. A serious Prime Minister rather than a social media clickbait merchant. Pulled off something we haven’t seen since Blair and Bush in terms of cementing special relationship with USA. It won’t be universally popular. He will be attacked by left and right, but he’s used to that. Doesn’t seem to bother him. What he’s done is look after the national interest and that’s all you want to see from your PM.

If you are reading Newcastle's statement tonight and still think there is a chance Alexander Isak will be joining Liverpool this summer, good luck to you. You're going to need it. I've been trying to tell you all summer what the situation was. Some of you didn't want to listen #nufc #LFC

Raheem Sterling was once criticised by some of the biggest hypocritical gobshites in this country because he had a gun tattoo. Nobody can be sure of their motivations but they are all quiet now. England’s best player by some distance, a simply brilliant footballer. The end.

I will repeat for the hard of hearing. Alexander Isak is not for sale this summer. Not to Liverpool. Not to Saudi Arabia. Not to anyone. No amount of fake news, fraudulent in the know chancers or selective quote using aggregator accounts will alter that stance from Newcastle #NUFC

🚨Newcastle United are hoping to finally land striker Hugo Ekitike in a huge statement of ambition #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

I've done this job a long time. I'm not Scottish. I've been fortunate to witness some magical moments in football but Scotland's win over Denmark this evening is one of the best night's I've experienced as a football journalist. Incredible story, the drama, the quality of the goals. The noise, the celebrations. Just brilliant. It was once suggested in the classic line from Trainspotting that it "is ***** being Scottish." Well, tonight, it was glorious. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Alexander Isak’s agent has failed him so badly. I don’t condone Isak’s behaviour in the slightest, but he was told the move to Liverpool would happen even though they are unwilling to match valuation and all had to do was behave badly to force it through. He’s now got a player who has alienated a fan base, tarnished his reputation within football forever who is probably not going to get the move he was told was his to make. He signed a six year contract with no release clause. His agent negotiated that. Trying to force your way out with three years left on that deal was always going to be a very risky road to go down but he did it anyway. Isak might still end up at Liverpool but the chances are fading rapidly and have been for weeks now. How he repairs the damage remains to be seen but he will play next season regardless. The sooner he realises the terrible mistake he has made and apologies the better. Play well, score goals, he will get a huge move next summer if that’s what he wants #nufc

Newcastle United continue to insist this evening, despite Alexander Isak’s accusations on Instagram, that the player is not for sale. They are not going to be bullied or back down either #nufc

Looked a red card in real time, looked a red card with slow motion replays and looked a definite red card after half time analysis from Souness. Good old VAR

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United close to completing deal to sign England international Marc Guehi in major coup for club #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Final update this evening. Newcastle are on the brink of becoming one of the most powerful football operations on the planet #nufc #nufctakover

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle have agreed £130m sale of isak to Liverpool.

Still trying to ignore facts. Sold Wijnaldum for £25m, Sissoko for £30m and Townsend for £14m. It’s also irrelevant now as have lowest net spend in PL and ended last window more £20m in profit. It’s like a parent saying you can’t have new shoes because I spent £70 two years ago

To all the Arsenal fans in my mentions, you’ve lost three games to Newcastle this season including a cup semi final they went on to win at Wembley. But well done on not winning anything again this season and finishing second in a title race that was over weeks ago. Lots of love to you all xx

I’ll tell you what, you’d be absolutely gutted if you were Ben Bereton Diaz tonight. Got someone sent off by flinging yourself to the ground with some ridiculous play acting and your team still lost the game. Oh well. #nufc

Here we go.. enjoy it everyone. Newcastle are not just starting a new era, they are entering a new world #nufc #NUFCTakeover

Huge statement made by #nufc winning away at Tottenham. The Big Six has become the Big Seven which is everything the European Super League plotters from this country feared! Brilliant job done by Eddie Howe

COMMENT - Newcastle’s Saudi owners were bullied into selling Alexander Isak – they should be embarrassed #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Some insiders suggested, from April onwards, Isak was behaving and playing like someone who did not want the team to qualify for the Champions League, as he knew it would make it harder for him to explain to Howe and the supporters why he wanted to go #nufc

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle launch triple bids for Pedro, Trafford and Elanga #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Broke the British transfer record twice in one summer. Spent £450m to supposedly improve a squad that won the league last season. A squad he inherited. He’s starting to sound a little desperate. Six defeats in seven games…

Oooohhh look he is claiming he merely made a fool of himself on television for bites with an error strewn, ill informed defence of a business partner that made a mockery of him as a sensible pundit. The classic defence of someone who knows they’ve lost a sensible debate #nufc

Goodnight Kieran Trippier. You’re really good. I like you #nufc

I’ll always remember Owen Jones slumped in his chair on night of the 2019 General Election when the Tories won a huge majority unable to explain what had gone wrong. Starmer worked out what went wrong and is trying to do something about it. Owen just shouts stuff.

As a high ranking Liverpool official said this summer, if you want to know what is really happening at Newcastle United read Luke Edwards in the Telegraph. I was flattered. I only ever report what I’m told and learn. I was wrong to say that Alexander Isak would not be sold this summer. But that was my information at the time. It was steadfast. But things change, situations alter, people move in a different direction and I have to try and keep up with them. When the time came, I broke the exclusive story that Newcastle had agreed a £130m deal to sell Isak to Liverpool. Forget the rest who pretend they did, they didn’t. Yes this is a boast post. It has been a long, hard summer. I’ve had to deal with a major family trauma, a major tournament with England women’s team. And I’ve had to keep track of the transfer saga of the decade. To do this job is to commit to it. I’ve spent more time on the phone this summer, talking to people, messaging people, to try and do what I do best. I love what I do but it’s not easy. My wife joked that I gave my family four days of our two week summer holiday. Four days when I wasn’t on the phone dealing with Newcastle United matters. And talking about Alexander bloody Isak. So yes, you can send me tweets about what I said earlier in the summer, but at the time everything was as it was told to me. You can call me names, I don’t care, it makes me smile most of the time. I’m wired differently to most. But when push came to shove, when the pressure was on, every single moment was worth it when I exclusively revealed that Isak was heading to Liverpool for £130m. That is the job I do. I don’t rip off other people’s information and pretend it’s my own, I don’t pretend I know what is happening. I don’t conjure up tweets out of thin air for engagement and profit on here, telling people what they want to hear. I’m not paid by agents to leak stories, I report. You can be wrong, but in the end, when you get a story 100% right, it’s all worth it. Sorry for the self indulgence, but this is a love letter to all the newspaper journalists out there who do what I do every single day and are subjected to the abuse that comes with it on here every single day. Keep smiling, we watch football for a living. Nothing better than that xx

What a picture this is. Just love it so, so much because I hated it every single time I went to an empty stadium to watch a game during lockdown. This is football 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

I’ll happily talk to your face but I wasn’t at the game today. It just seemed a strange way to start talking about Isak scoring for Newcastle to me and it’s been going on for weeks at Sky, framing everything about when he leaves. It’s annoying. I was making a lighthearted comment hence the laughing emojis but thanks for the feedback on my own style of questioning x

“Newcastle are being very awkward and difficult about Dan…” well they’ve asked you to pay more than £2m to end his stipulated gardening leave period early and you are refusing to do so which probably makes you difficult and awkward… #NUFC

Expecting confirmation of Saudi takeover later. Hearing it may be a different looking board to one in place in April 2020 but this is still a Saudi project. Expect slow build up of their control. For now, let’s take a moment not to thank Mike Ashley for last 14 years #NUFC

What a night for Newcastle United. What a night for two Geordies, Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff, scoring in the Champions League. What a night for Miguel Almiron and Fabian Schar who had only known relegation battles before Eddie Howe arrived. What night to be black and white. Come to think of it, King Eddie of Tyneside has a nice ring to it... #nufc

Newcastle were brilliant today and have now beaten Man City, Man United, Spurs, Arsenal & Chelsea at SJP this season. They have taken 10 points from 12 since international break and suddenly look like favourites in the race for the Europa League. Anyone who still doubts Howe is an elite manager needs to give their heads a shake #nufc

Paul Scholes’ reaction here is genuinely awful. Complete lack of a wider understanding of football and other clubs dreams and aspirations. Mocking, dismissive and out of touch. A great player, one of the best, but this is embarrassing from him.

#nufc have made a second improved bid for Leicester City’s James Maddison today. Fee is in excess of £45m but payments are staggered. As I’ve said all along, they have been led to believe Maddison wants the move. We shall see. He might also want a new contract!!

Allan Saint Maximin doesn’t deserve criticism he gets. He is a flair player who makes things happen, a match winner directly and indirectly. Yes he loses ball sometimes and doesn’t always track back but scares the life out of opposition #nufc are simply better team when he plays

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle will resist any attempt to sign Alexander Isak and value striker at more than £150m to ward off potential suitors #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

BREAKING - Newcastle United remain steadfast in their message that Alexander Isak is not for sale this summer in light of an enquiry from Liverpool. View is this is a deliberate ploy to try and unsettle the striker. As things stand, he’s not agitating to leave but we shall see #nufc #lfc

Newcastle United players and staff cheekily pose for a celebration photo in front of their 6000 fans after straightforward 3-0 victory over Sunderland. Geordie boys taking the piss springs to mind. #nufc

That was a special performance from #nufc and as good as an occasion as I have covered in my 21 years reporting St James Park. Magnificent on the pitch and in the stands. I hope the club never loses sight of what makes it unique. The synergy between team and fans is so powerful

You ok hun? You’re on my list. Been very chirpy all summer. See you on September 1st. Like I said I would a long time ago. Don’t go hiding now.

If you had been told #nufc would be crippled by injuries for most of the season, lose star summer signing Tonali for 10 months and still be chasing European football again you’d struggle to believe it was possible back in August. For all the drama, Howe has done another impressive job

🚨EXCLUSIVE Newcastle United will offer Alexander Isak a new contract at the end of the season and continue to insist he’s not for sale at any price #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Smashing a “on the rise” Chelsea side at SJP with a right back at left back, a 17-year-old in midfield and so many injuries is yet another sign Eddie Howe is rapidly turning into one of English football’s best managers regardless of nationality #nufc

🚨EXCLUSIVE What a signing this would be and #nufc are pushing hard to get it done. Fingers crossed… telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Newcastle was audibly and visibly buzzing this evening after the match. Bars and pubs packed, people smiling and laughing. Some a little too drunk, perhaps, but it was good time vibes. It felt alive, confident, outgoing and fun. I remember this feeling when I first moved up here.

Manchester United whose legacy big club aura won them the transfer window (again) have just lost to League Two Grimsby Town in the Carabao Cup and are yet to win a game this season 🤷‍♂️

The loan fee Manchester United want for Lingard is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen in football. They wouldn’t be able to sell him for that price. #nufc right not to pay it. Lingard can either accept it and not play regularly or he can try to force his way out

Manchester United are now understood to be ready to make their move. Things coming to a head. #nufc feared this was coming for a reason.

If it is, as is now expected, Eddie Howe who becomes manager, I hope everyone gets behind him. As with any club #nufc are at strongest when that happens. He deserves to be backed and supported. Give him the best conditions to succeed and he’s far more likely to do so.

Told #nufc second bid for Jesse Lingard could be for a permanent rather than a loan move and the player is keen. Story published on @TeleFootball imminently

Yeah and Spurs were already a top five side when he took over and £30m of the money he spent was on Moussa Sissoko, from Newcastle, when they were relegated to the Championship, but nice try Richard

Liverpool have just made the ultimate power play. Sell us Isak or we’re going to sign Ekitike. Newcastle can only win one fight not two #nufc #lfc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Better get that great big cannon, a weapon of mass destruction in its day, off the Arsenal badge then. How many people have cannons killed. I feel insulted it could be used by a football club named after a munitions dump

Just exercising my right to free speech Princess Pigtails. That’s alright still isn’t it? I lose track of what’s ok and what isn’t in this weird and wonderful world of yours on social media.

EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle to make formal complaint about refereeing standards #nufc telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Anyone who has responded with abuse or negativity to this post needs to have a long hard look at themselves and ask if they are part of the problem for homegrown players trying to grow as a first team starter #nufc

Said it before and I’ll say it again, if Premier League big six want to join a closed shop European super league let them go and immediately ban them from playing in any domestic competitions. If league isn’t recognised by FA, UEFA FIFA, players can’t play international football

Newcastle will not sign players they don’t really want to replace Isak. Been the same all summer. Had they got Ekitike or Sesko and Liverpool bid £150m, maybe he could have gone. Maybe being the key word here given stance has always been not for sale. But signing a striker for the sake of it now will do far more damage than good long term. Far better to keep Isak and reintegrate. As hard as that has become. Again, the plan all summer. They are actively looking for a replacement for Wilson and will continue to do so until the end of the window #nufc

Winless, bottom of the table and Eddie Howe couldn’t organise a defence in November… five months later #nufc are on 43 points and into the top 10… “it just feels right 🎶🎵🎶🕺🕺

Can’t underestimate how important that win is for #nufc who have a remarkable ability to shrug off adversity and setbacks. That’s a mentality thing and comes from manager who refuses feel sorry for himself. Anyone who mentions a need for a new manager needs a kick in the shins

If this is the end of Mike Ashley at #nufc it is more than a decade overdue. A stubborn, arrogant and spiteful owner who failed to deliver any of the things he promised for the team. A man who admitted he knew nothing about football and still refused to listen to those who did.

#nufc are close to new signings. I’m not jerking your chain, we all need some patience. Media as well as supporters. But the new players are going to come

Newcastle heading to Wembley are they aye? Eddie Howe doing what no Newcastle manger has has done for 24 years in his first full season is he? There will be a lot of hate, a lot of jibes, a lot of bitterness so smile and dance! See you in London #nufc

Alexander Isak still hasn’t deleted all his Newcastle United pictures on Instagram. Does he even really want to move to Liverpool? Seems very half hearted to me 😬🤣#nufc

This is some PR team behind him!

I stand by every word of this article and we shall see who is right on September 1st. Isak has been told he’s not for sale by the board. He’s thrown a strop and wants to force his way out. Why do you think he’s not involved. That’s where things are #nufc #lfc

That wasn't a victory over Manchester United it was a destruction #nufc

#nufc are not in a cup final. They have two tough games against Southampton to navigate and win. Complacency, negligence and arrogance are a dangerous enemy now. Eddie Howe will make that abundantly clear I’m sure

I have a simple message for anyone calling for Eddie Howe to be removed or to blame him for today’s defeat. Without Howe, Newcastle wouldn’t have avoided relegation, they wouldn’t have qualified for Champions League and they wouldn’t have finished seventh last season with all those injuries. With the players he has, his record is remarkable at #NUFC End of debate.

Hearing James Trafford to Newcastle is pretty much done #nufc

Joelinton has been #nufc best player by a mile. Absolutely brilliant as a combative midfielder.

Newcastle did not lose tonight because they played badly and that should offer some comfort for the rest of the Champions League campaign. They lost because they missed chances a proper centre forward would surely have taken. I understand the decision not to risk starting Woltemade but Gordon is a winger. He proved that again #nufc

Found some optimism down the back of the sofa after the decisive and I think very astute move for Chris Wood and I’m going to predict #nufc also land a centre back before the weekend. Not definite but hearing positive noises from sources (man in the bakery queue was confident)

Understand #nufc will soon be announcing an increase in financial investment to support the women’s team in the hope of eventually becoming a WSL club. Big gap to narrow with the leading clubs in the country but a really positive step forward for women’s football in the region

#nufc are a horrible, difficult, really testing team to play against. Showed why they have the best defensive record in the league. The armchair managers will say ASM should have come on earlier and they should have tried to win. Behave. Howe knows what he’s doing, funnily enough

That’s as tough a defeat as you can imagine for #nufc. I feel desperately sorry for Kieran Trippier but I know there will be other emotions circulating tonight. Try to resist them. You wanted a club and team that tries. Luck hasn’t been with them all season. Football is cruel.

Sources have stressed that the signing of Nick Woltemade ends the search for Callum Wilson's replacement. Nothing has changed with Isak for now. But surely Liverpool will return with a second bid. A decision will need to be made when they do #nufc #lfc

Positive early morning vibes before week consumes me in transfer rumours, claim and counter claim, but Kieran Trippier is best full back I’ve seen at #nufc since.. actually I don’t think I’ve seen better. He is better in air than most CBs. Proper player as people used to say

Newcastle United currently have the shortest amount of time since their last major trophy win of any club in Europe #nufc

I haven’t been hacked. I think the #nufctakover will now happen. More to follow on @TelegraphSport @TeleFootball #cans

That is quite simply a sensational come back from Newcastle United. One of the best I’ve seen. This team never ever gives up and I hope the people who were starting to turn on Eddie Howe at half time are chewing on some humble pie. Injuries continue to blight this season but they keep going and there were two brilliant goals from Harvey Barnes to win it #NUFC

Newcastle’s owners set out their position at the start of the summer. And I will stress again, the owners came up with this plan. The asking price for Alexander Isak was set at such a high level, we are talking in excess of £150m, that it was designed to send the message he wasn’t for sale. This may sound contradictory, but this is PIF’s view. We don’t need to sell, we don’t have to sell and we will not sell. Unless someone pays ridiculous money well above market value. It has not changed for months. If they alter that stance now it will have made everything up to this point a charade. They will have buckled. I have been told that will not happen since March this year. Again in May and again in June and July. It is still the owner’s position on August 24th. Had they signed Ekitike or Sesko I think it might have changed but they didn’t. Howe has repeatedly said for more than a week they are trying to sign one striker now. A replacement for Callum Wilson. Eight more days… #nufc

Wow Joe Willock!! Get the deal bloody signed . Whatever it takes. If #nufc have anything about them as a football club they have to sign him.

When everybody else loses their head, Rafa Benitez stays calm. He is the perfect manager for #nufc and nobody should under estimate what a wonderful job he has done this season.

Anthony Elanga is a Newcastle United player. Paperwork complete. Fantastic first signing of the summer and more will follow #nufc