"Still, it seems Ginola also had the chance to go to Barcelona at one point, and he still clearly feels bitter about not being allowed to go. It was no disrespect to Newcastle, but a career is so short. When it didn't happen again, I had to go back. And then when Keegan left us that January, he left me, too. I felt stabbed in the back, Ginola said of nearly getting a move to Barca."
"Although it took some time, the Magpies eventually decided to let Isak go, but for a while it looked like they were doing everything possible to prevent his departure. As the Ginola story shows us, this only seems to leave a bitter taste between the club and the player, so in the end it probably looks like Newcastle did the right thing."
David Ginola felt stabbed in the back when Newcastle blocked his move to Barcelona, and he remained bitter about being prevented from joining the Spanish club. Ginola starred for Newcastle between 1995 and 1997 and later played for Tottenham, Aston Villa and Everton. He said his career was short and he needed to move when Barcelona interest re-emerged, and he felt abandoned after Kevin Keegan's January departure. The Ginola transfer saga has parallels with Alexander Isak, who eventually left Newcastle for Liverpool after initial resistance from the club, leaving a bitter taste in player-club relations.
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