Isak’s social statement & who else is on the move?
Football Daily
BBC
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🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Pien Meulensteen is joined by former Premier League midfielder Michael Brown and BBC Senior Football Correspondent Sami Mokbel for reaction to the latest football transfer news.
What was the mood at the PFA Awards as Alexander Isak took to social media last night? Can the saga rumble on for much longer? How should Newcastle United respond?
The team chat about Salah, Rogers and Trafford all picking up PFA awards and how each of their futures look. For the English players, what do they now need to do to make Tuchel’s World Cup squad?
We get the latest on Wissa and Garnacho’s expected transfers before the panel consider what Arsenal need to do now that it looks like Havertz might be out injured for a number of weeks.
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Timecodes: 1:31 Isak and Newcastle United’s social media statements 3:21 How did it go down at the PFA awards? 13:57 What would Michael do as a Newcastle player in this scenario? 15:45 What does Isak do if he doesn’t get the move to Liverpool? 17:54 PFA Award winners 18:53 Mo Salah after winning the PFA award 29:41 Latest on Wissa and Garnacho 34:43 Kai Havertz injury and how that changes Arsenal’s transfer window
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Football Daily podcast on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:04.0 | Hello and welcome to the Football Daily podcast with me, Pee Moonenstein. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm joined by former Premier League midfield at Michael Brown and BBC senior football correspondent, Sammy Mockbell. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello to you both. First of all, we've already started on a bad note, Michael, |
| 0:18.0 | because I heard you had the choice to either come to the |
| 0:21.9 | studio on my first podcast or record from home now tell everyone what you've decided to do |
| 0:28.3 | well it's decided and then there's obviously things just fell in the way and it's holiday time |
| 0:33.3 | isn't it the kids come first I've got to pick them up I've got to run them. I was going to make an exception and come into the studio, which I wasn't but to come in, peeing. I was almost there and I just ran out of time so I couldn't do it. I did try. I promise you, I try. See it was your first one. I thought I'd have to come and try, but I knew you'd be fine. Sammy, I know you've been busy because it's transfer window. |
| 0:38.9 | There's been lots of talk going on, especially. I'd have to come and try, but I knew you'd be fine. Sammy, I know you've been busy because it's transfer window. |
| 0:56.4 | There's been lots of talk going on, especially today. |
| 0:58.8 | Are these the days that you enjoy the most when you're this busy? |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, it's hard. It's like, it's hard. |
| 1:04.6 | The phone is pinging. |
| 1:06.1 | Do you get so many sort of bits of information and news across your phone. All every, like all the other outlets |
| 1:13.5 | are breaking news stories and transfer stories. So it's, to be honest, I can't wait for these next |
| 1:20.3 | 12 days or 11 days over it is to go. Right. Let's talk about what's been the big story today, |
| 1:25.6 | because of course everyone's been talking about it, Alexander Isak. |
| 1:28.3 | I'm going to read you both statements because of course this is where it all started last night. |
| 1:33.3 | This is what Alexander Isak said when he dropped this bombshell statement. |
| 1:38.3 | I've kept quiet for a long time while others have spoken. |
| 1:41.3 | That silence has allowed people to push their own version of events, |
| 1:45.0 | even though they know it doesn't reflect what was really said and agreed behind closed doors. |
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