Wissa very disrespectful and no way back for Isak - Rooney

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Wissa very disrespectful and no way back for Isak - Rooney

Yoane Wissa and Alexander Isak both want to leave their clubs

Wayne Rooney says Yoane Wissa removing everything associated with Brentford from his Instagram account is "very disrespectful".

Newcastle have had a £40m bid rejected for Wissa, while the Magpies are also in the midst of drama surrounding their striker Alexander Isaks future.

Speaking on his new BBC podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show, he said "if Im a Newcastle player I dont want Isak back".

He added: "I think if players leave football clubs - and that happens all the time - theres a way to go about it.

"You cant go on strike, cant not turn up for training and train with your team-mates. If you want to leave the club or not, you have to be there for your team-mates and be ready if needed."

Rooney was speaking before Isak, who remains determined to join Liverpool, wrote that "promises were broken and trust is lost" in a statement.

The former England strikers new podcast airs twice weekly on BBC Sounds, YouTube and iPlayer.

"For me, I dont think theres any way back for Isak at Newcastle," Rooney added.

"I think there are cases where it can happen, but from me as a person, I dont think I could accept them back.

"In terms of Isaks team-mates I wouldnt want him back.

"You can ask to leave a football club - that happens, or the club tell you youre leaving - but you have to be professional.

"Youve got friends in there who you play with, you have fans who are paying a lot of money to support and you cant just walk out on it. And if theyre going to do it once, theyll do it again."

Nineteen days have passed since Newcastle rejected Liverpools £110m bid for the Sweden international, who remains in a stand-off with the club over his future.

BBC Sport understands Isak believed he would be allowed to leave Newcastle if a big club came in for him and offered the right price.

Wissa, meanwhile, who flew home early from Brentfords pre-season training camp and was left out of the squad for Sundays 3-1 loss at Nottingham Forest, wants to join Newcastle.

He has changed his Instagram account to remove all association with Brentford and Rooney said: "I think Wissa is in a worse position than Isak is purely for that.

"For Wissa to just un-follow the club and take all his pictures down of a club whove helped you progress as a player...

"I think these players are like kids now, or theyre very badly advised in what theyre doing because I know agents have influence.

"A lot of people have their father or the brother as an agent now. And sometimes the right thing or the right decision is not always the one from the players point of view. So its very disappointing to see his behaviour over the past few days."

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