I’m running the Great North Run in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation next weekend for the first time. It is all @GeorgeCaulkin fault and I may never forgive him for it. It will hurt and I don’t really like running more than 5km so if you can spare a few pounds to donate to our team of journalists @JustGiving that would be great Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/sir-bobby…

As things stand, on Saturday afternoon, at 1544, there are no talks taking place between Newcastle and Liverpool regarding Alexander Isak. No bids have been made let alone accepted. Two and a half more days to go until deadline #nufc #lfc

A game that resembled trench warfare and a second goalless draw in three games for Newcastle United. I don’t know where things go from here for Alexander Isak but if he doesn’t get his move to Liverpool his refusal to play will never be forgotten. Some will never forgive.

He is still confident he will get that move. Two days left for it to happen or it’s going to be very awkward indeed for the Swede #nufc

Eddie Howe bemused by claims Isak was at the training ground to say goodbye to teammates on Friday. Said it was the first he had heard of it and added, as manager, he would know about it if it he had done. More noise created though 😤😳 #nufc

Ben, on a story of this magnitude and given it was me who broke the story, can you not, for once, credit the journalist who was responsible for it. I understand what you do but this is out of order. You also got the fee wrong.

As a high ranking Liverpool official said this summer, if you want to know what is really happening at Newcastle United read Luke Edwards in the Telegraph. I was flattered. I only ever report what I’m told and learn.

I was wrong to say that Alexander Isak would not be sold this summer. But that was my information at the time. It was steadfast.

But things change, situations alter, people move in a different direction and I have to try and keep up with them.

When the time came, I broke the exclusive story that Newcastle had agreed a £130m deal to sell Isak to Liverpool. Forget the rest who pretend they did, they didn’t. Yes this is a boast post.

It has been a long, hard summer. I’ve had to deal with a major family trauma, a major tournament with England women’s team. And I’ve had to keep track of the transfer saga of the decade.

To do this job is to commit to it. I’ve spent more time on the phone this summer, talking to people, messaging people, to try and do what I do best. I love what I do but it’s not easy.

My wife joked that I gave my family four days of our two week summer holiday. Four days when I wasn’t on the phone dealing with Newcastle United matters. And talking about Alexander bloody Isak.

So yes, you can send me tweets about what I said earlier in the summer, but at the time everything was as it was told to me. You can call me names, I don’t care, it makes me smile most of the time. I’m wired differently to most.

But when push came to shove, when the pressure was on, every single moment was worth it when I exclusively revealed that Isak was heading to Liverpool for £130m.

That is the job I do. I don’t rip off other people’s information and pretend it’s my own, I don’t pretend I know what is happening. I don’t conjure up tweets out of thin air for engagement and profit on here, telling people what they want to hear. I’m not paid by agents to leak stories, I report.

You can be wrong, but in the end, when you get a story 100% right, it’s all worth it.

Sorry for the self indulgence, but this is a love letter to all the newspaper journalists out there who do what I do every single day and are subjected to the abuse that comes with it on here every single day.

Keep smiling, we watch football for a living. Nothing better than that xx

Newcastle United sources insist there is “no truth” in claims they have turned down a £20m bid from Fulham for Joe Willock.

There is interest in the midfielder, who is entering the final 18 months of his contract, but highly unlikely he will leave this month. #nufc

I’m told the girl did at least meet Eddie Howe before the game kicked off and he spoke to her. There was nobody there to point her in the right direction on the pitch #nufc

Newcastle United have described stories claiming Arsenal have made a late attempt to sign midfielder Sandro Tonali as “stupid” and “complete rubbish.” But other than that, it’s a good story. #nufc

A coming of age performance for Newcastle United in the Champions League. They were magnificent and should have beaten the European champions in their own backyard. They had the chances to do so in the second half. Play like that in the knockout rounds and they will give anyone a game #nufc