Jordan

[Jordan @TThumpa]

I prefer strawberry me https://t.co/R6UbEuYVHV

[Luke @LWG1919]

Passionfruit is my jam

[#Marcher @MarcherReborn]

I think we should congratulate ourselves and our German friends for heroically sacrificing our economies to save the planet 🏆🏆

[Adam Clery @AdamClery]

Joelinton coming off in tears because he knows how many of us with money on him getting a yellow card he’s let down :-( #NUFC

[Memecastle United @Memecastle_Utd]

A Gordon red card again 😭 #NUFC

[Newcastle United @NUFC]

Newcastle United statement: Alexander Isak

[Craig Hope @CraigHope_DM]

🚨 BREAKING: NUFC STATEMENT 🚨

We are disappointed to have been alerted to a social media post by Alexander Isak this evening.

We are clear in response that Alex remains under contract and that no commitment has ever been made by a club official that Alex can leave Newcastle United this summer.

We want to keep our best players, but we also understand players have their own wishes and we listen to their views. As explained to Alex and his representatives, we must always take into consideration the best interests of Newcastle United, the team and our supporters in all decisions and we have been clear that the conditions of a sale this summer have not transpired.

We do not foresee those conditions being met.

This is a proud football club with proud traditions and we strive to retain our family feel. Alex remains part of our family and will be welcomed back when he is ready to rejoin his teammates.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

However the Alexander Isak saga eventually concludes, let’s hope that at some point the player has the good grace to acknowledge the debt he owes Eddie Howe for helping his development into one of the best players in the world and also apologises for causing such chaos.

It’s one thing a player wanting to leave – ambition, short career, levels, finance whatever – but it’s the aggressive way that Isak tries to force his way out - midway through a six-year contract - that also causes such anger on Tyneside. In the middle of this maelstrom, Howe shows commendable calm and patience.

Newcastle’s head coach is being strong, demanding standards of behaviour, yet diplomatically leaving the dressing-room door open in case Liverpool don’t make an acceptable offer (£130m+) and Isak does stay.

Howe deserves huge respect for the dignified, intelligent way he’s handling a damaging distraction. He's trying to prepare his team for what should be an exciting season not knowing who will form his attack, and currently fielding a wide player in Anthony Gordon centrally. He’s dealing with a troublesome transfer window without a sporting director or chief executive.

He’s going into press conferences knowing they will be dominated by questions about a striking striker. In the modern media, and social media, age, Howe has to choose every word carefully, knowing they will be scrutinised forensically and emotionally. He has to pick the right words to send the right message to Isak, to the other players, to potential signings, and to the Newcastle faithful outraged by Isak’s behaviour. Newcastle’s board are fortunate they have such an impressive figure fronting up for them and the club.

Howe also deserves more respect and gratitude from Isak. Since joining in 2022, Isak’s improvement from a very good £63m 22-year-old into an elite performer worth £130m+ is obviously largely down to his own ability and inner drive but Howe deserves huge credit. He makes good players even better.

His coaching, man-management and building a system to bring the best out of Isak helped turn the Swede into a player coveted by Liverpool. Let’s hope Isak respects that one day. #NUFC

[Francis @FrancisChipp]

@FabrizioRomano Strongly wanted ? @NUFC stop being tight and pay the full fee for a ‘only wanted’

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

If your A level results are disappointing, don’t worry. I got a C and two Us and here I am today, installing lights for a helicopter landing pad in my garden.

[Jordan @TThumpa]

@RyanSuddes95 @MRedman75621141 read this thread

[James Heale @JAHeale]

Finally, a Middle Eastern autocrat meets their match: British council officials

[Formula 1 @F1]

00:00 UTC. January 1. 2025.

Lewis Hamilton is a Scuderia Ferrari driver.

[Zack @Zack3O12]

Saw this TikTok early and I cannot stop thinking about it. The sound. The location. The pause. Perfection.

[The Black Opinion @opinion_black]

AN APOLOGY: Having carefully viewed the new footage of the disturbance at Manchester Airport & it’s timeline, it is now my belief that the officer acted appropriately. That kick happened almost instantaneously. They were lucky not to have been shot. 🙏🏾
https://t.co/boAkIrqGEA

[Pookie @PookiesParadise]

do you know how greedy you gotta be to be a McMillonaire

[Fisted Away @fistedaway]

Commentator at 15s

[RjayBhoy @RjayCeltic]

I’m crying

[rags @ragsy12]

Took a girl home from the bar last night & she kept asking me if I was the 2004 PGA Championship winner the way I was making that Vijay Singh

[Ryan @Ryanmcc_9]

They’re slowly taking away the second amendment I see