Journalist ‘forgets’ to mention she’s a Liverpool fan when talking about Alexander Isak – Embarrassing | OneFootball

Journalist Melissa Reddy has been talking about the Alexander Isak and Newcastle United (and Liverpool…) situation.

The journalist from South Africa analysing (see below) the current position only a week and a half before the Premier League season kicks off.

Melissa Reddy coming to the conclusion that Alexander Isak has been badly done to.

Whilst she also sheds crocodile tears for the Newcastle United fans when it comes to the impact on them.

The only/big problem with all of this, is that Melissa Reddy ‘forgets’ to mention that she is also a Liverpool fan (also see below).

Absolutely embarrassing that she wants to present herself as a concerned independent journalist without a dog in the fight, as opposed to the reality of her being a Liverpool fan girl who clearly is desperate for Alexander Isak to move to Anfield.

The reality is that instead of doing things properly and approaching Newcastle United at the end of last season, Liverpool have instead wanted to play this all out in the media to create a situation that they hope to profit from, whereby they can get Alexander Isak on the (relative) cheap. Liverpool waiting fully two months after the transfer window opened before putting in a derisory £110m offer, not the £150m+ Newcastle United valuation that has repeatedly been made clear.

As for Alexander Isak, he more than willingly signed a six year contract in August 2022 that still has three years left to go and the Newcastle United fans help fund his reported £6m+ per season wages.

If Liverpool were serious about doing things properly in order to try and sign Alexander Isak this summer, they should have ‘respectfully informed’ Newcastle United back at the end of May 2025 that they were formally willing to pay the full £150m+ asking price (***Whatever price, if any, that the NUFC owners would be willing to accept), then this ‘messy point’ wouldn’t have been reached.

Melissa Reddy via her personal social media – 6 August 2025:

‘The frustration for Alexander Isak and his camp is they feel they very clearly and respectfully informed Newcastle of the forward‘s desire to explore a fresh challenge well ahead of this summer. In doing so, it afforded the club the chance to attack the market on the front foot and secure a quality replacement long before it got to this messy point. It‘s not Isak’s fault Newcastle have had a mare, missing out on so many of their top targets. If anything, it probably hardens the belief that their approach and ambition doesn’t align with his. There is no solid recruitment foundation.

I feel sorry for Eddie Howe, the players and the supporters; Newcastle are in the Champions League for the second time in three years and secured their first domestic trophy for 70 years yet they are a structural mess off the pitch.

Many at the club point to the power struggle that ousted Ghodoussi and Staveley as the root of several issues, especially the lack of communication and human touch with the exit of the latter.

Given how this window has gone, can Newcastle actually land a replacement for Isak? If they force him to stay, can they get the maximum out of him in the absence of that human touch? If they sell him, can they be trusted to reinvest a British record sum wisely?’

Melissa Reddy interviewed by the official Liverpool website 12 years ago and asked why she was a Liverpool fan despite having been born and growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa – 26 March 2023:

‘I think more than anything, Liverpool picked me. There was an instant attraction, a sense of belonging, and a club that just screamed ‘home’ as soon as I started watching football.’