I wanted to rip up Barcelona contract after just two months… but I’d never go on strike like Alexander Isak

World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit knows exactly the situation Alexander Isak found himself in this window. But there’s no chance Petit would have handled things quite like Isak has, insisting he comes from a ‘different generation.’ Isak lost plenty of fans for the way he conducted himself this windowGetty How Isak ended up joining Liverpool After a drawn-out transfer saga, Isak is poised to join defending Premier League champions Liverpool for £125million, although Newcastle are set to receive £130m with the difference to be made up on the player’s side. It comes after a summer in which the Swede downed tools and publicly declared his desire to seek pastures new after a season in which he slammed home 23 league goals for Newcastle. Liverpool tested the waters with a £110m bid but it was swiftly rejected and the noise out of Anfield was that they wouldn’t return to the negotiating table unless they received encouragement form the Magpies a deal was there to be made. But on the final day of the window, Isak got his wish. Emmanuel Petit’s veridct on Isak’s contract However, Petit was not a fan of how the chain of events transpired in the public eye and questioned the validity of contracts in modern football. “A contract doesn’t mean anything anymore,” Petit said on talkSPORT Breakfast. “You can do whatever you want with the paper. It doesn’t matter. “It’s only business, it’s only money. Who cares?” Petit added: “People now, they know that it doesn’t matter if you sign a seven-year contract, it can be toilet paper in the next few weeks.” Part of Petit’s gripe with how Isak managed the scenario was because the Frenchman himself endured a similar situation during his playing days. talkSPORTPetit pointed to a generational shift as the reason behind Isak’s methods this summer[/caption] After three seasons with Arsenal in which he won the Premier League and the FA Cup, Petit bid farewell and joined Barcelona in the summer of 2000. However, it wasn’t long before Petit recognised the move wouldn’t live up to his expectations. Instead of spitting out his dummy, the World Cup winner understood the value of a contract and simply got on with the job at hand. When Petit refused to go on strike at Barcelona “I come from a different generation,” Petit said. “I signed a four-year deal with Barcelona (in 2000). After a couple of months, I knew that I was making a mistake. “But I didn’t go on strike. I just had a nice and honest discussion with the club. It has to be a win-win situation. Under Howe, Isak scored an impressive 62 goals in 109 appearances for the Magpies “We made an agreement and everybody was shaking their hands.” How has Newcastle filled the void left by Isak? Although Isak’s departure came down to the final day of the summer window, Newcastle ensured they were prepared for what seemed like the inevitable ever since he went public with his wantaway stance. The Magpies swooped to sign towering German striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart last Thursday for a club-record £69m. It represented impressive business from Newcastle given German giants Bayern Munich had three bids rejected for Woltemade earlier in the window. Eddie Howe’s side have also agreed a £55m fee with Brentford to sign Yoane Wissa who, like Isak, had effectively gone on strike and issued a public statement in an effort to force through a move this summer.

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I wanted to rip up Barcelona contract after just two months… but I’d never go on strike like Alexander Isak

World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit knows exactly the situation Alexander Isak found himself in this window.

But there’s no chance Petit would have handled things quite like Isak has, insisting he comes from a ‘different generation.’

Isak lost plenty of fans for the way he conducted himself this window

How Isak ended up joining Liverpool

After a drawn-out transfer saga, Isak is poised to join defending Premier League champions Liverpool for £125million, although Newcastle are set to receive £130m with the difference to be made up on the player’s side.

It comes after a summer in which the Swede downed tools and publicly declared his desire to seek pastures new after a season in which he slammed home 23 league goals for Newcastle.

Liverpool tested the waters with a £110m bid but it was swiftly rejected and the noise out of Anfield was that they wouldn’t return to the negotiating table unless they received encouragement form the Magpies a deal was there to be made.

But on the final day of the window, Isak got his wish.

Emmanuel Petit’s veridct on Isak’s contract

However, Petit was not a fan of how the chain of events transpired in the public eye and questioned the validity of contracts in modern football.

“A contract doesn’t mean anything anymore,” Petit said on talkSPORT Breakfast.

“You can do whatever you want with the paper. It doesn’t matter.

“It’s only business, it’s only money. Who cares?”

Petit added: “People now, they know that it doesn’t matter if you sign a seven-year contract, it can be toilet paper in the next few weeks.”

Part of Petit’s gripe with how Isak managed the scenario was because the Frenchman himself endured a similar situation during his playing days.

Petit pointed to a generational shift as the reason behind Isak’s methods this summer[/caption]

After three seasons with Arsenal in which he won the Premier League and the FA Cup, Petit bid farewell and joined Barcelona in the summer of 2000.

However, it wasn’t long before Petit recognised the move wouldn’t live up to his expectations.

Instead of spitting out his dummy, the World Cup winner understood the value of a contract and simply got on with the job at hand.

When Petit refused to go on strike at Barcelona

“I come from a different generation,” Petit said.

“I signed a four-year deal with Barcelona (in 2000). After a couple of months, I knew that I was making a mistake.

“But I didn’t go on strike. I just had a nice and honest discussion with the club. It has to be a win-win situation.

Under Howe, Isak scored an impressive 62 goals in 109 appearances for the Magpies

“We made an agreement and everybody was shaking their hands.”

How has Newcastle filled the void left by Isak?

Although Isak’s departure came down to the final day of the summer window, Newcastle ensured they were prepared for what seemed like the inevitable ever since he went public with his wantaway stance.

The Magpies swooped to sign towering German striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart last Thursday for a club-record £69m.

It represented impressive business from Newcastle given German giants Bayern Munich had three bids rejected for Woltemade earlier in the window.

Eddie Howe’s side have also agreed a £55m fee with Brentford to sign Yoane Wissa who, like Isak, had effectively gone on strike and issued a public statement in an effort to force through a move this summer.