Newcastle United have now parted ways with Alexander Isak but the dust has not settled yet!
Alexander Isak poses for a photo after signing for Liverpool
Alexander Isak left Newcastle United for Liverpool on transfer deadline day
John Beresford insists that anger towards Alexander Isak is unlikely to have died down by the time he returns to St James' Park in a Liverpool kit next season.
The former Newcastle United full-back says that Isak's behaviour caused outrage on the ex-pro circuit after stooping below the footballer's code of remaining loyal to the club paying their wages.
Beresford was at St James' Park when Andy Cole was sensationally sold to Manchester United in 1995 but feels the Isak sale was very different.
Indeed, while Cole did not even realise that Sir Alex Ferguson was preparing a record breaking deal for his services, Isak got word of Liverpool's interest then refused to play.
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Beresford told Chronicle Live: "Isak signed a contract - call me a dinosaur, but you honour that, not go on strike, so this is very different.
"I understand where he was coming from after he discovered Liverpool were interested after they'd just won the league, it's the way he did it.
"Look at Marc Guehi at Crystal Palace he wanted to go but he honoured his contract, he could have kicked off like you'll never know.
"For me, though, this is not a good look for Isak, the way he has dealt with it, and he has to live with that now.
"He did not show the respect he should have to Newcastle. The position he found himself in was because of Newcastle United - they gave him the platform to impress.
"I was hoping that he may have been held back and told he could move AFTER this season. Give us one more season, let's compete and if your dream move is there still, you can go. That would have been my trade-off.
"You can't have a player sacking off training or refusing to play, it angered me. Unfortunately for Newcastle, what Isak did has worked."
Isak's exit resulted in Newcastle pocketing £130m for his services with Newcastle spending £69m on Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa in the last couple of days of the window.
Beresford added: "I think the club probably got a fair fee and they have sold him. But he should not be able to demand or refuse anyway.
"I wasn't happy with that at all. In my day, the clubs had the power, but now player power is there, and it has gone too far.
"I suppose you look at it and say Yoane Wissa is the replacement, maybe we have paid over the odds but claimed it back from Liverpool because of the Isak fee.
"We know Isak is a special player, but now maybe the team can make up for the goals that have been lost. Can Woltemade and Wissa get the goals between them? I hope they can."
Isak missed the game between his then employers and future club in August as he refused to play, but Beresford knows there is always next season.
The popular former full-back said: "He will get a nice Geordie welcome next time he is at St James' Park!
"But you reap what you sow. I am one of those who hope he only does OK at Liverpool.
"Usually, I would be of the thinking that if it was done correctly with all parties, he deserved that move.
"The way he dealt with it, though, part of me thinks I hope he falls flat on his face and it doesn't go well for him because he had it all at Newcastle.
"That's just how I see it as an ex-pro, if a club is good to you, there has to be some type of loyalty, and that works both ways for club and player."
United must now get back to business without Isak and focus on an important clutch of games with Wolves up next before a clash with Barcelona.
Beresford feels his old club aren't too far away, and said: "I watched the Leeds game with ex-England and Sheff Wed striker, a big mate of mine, David Hirst.
"He felt that all Newcastle lacks is that elite centre-forward. If we'd had that we'd have won games.
"I bumped into Alan Shearer at the Liverpool game, and said: 'You'd have had a couple tonight'.
"All that Newcastle are lacking is a player that can time their run into the box, strikers have that know-how, Anthony Gordon is a great player, but does not have that instinct.
"Anthony is quick, but he is not a centre-forward in his head, he's a winger. The cards have been dealt now so we can be confident and concentrate on the future; good times lie ahead."