Loyalty is a virtue, but in football business comes first. Alexander Isak is simply the latest high-profile player to walk the rocky path previously trodden by Trent Alexander-Arnold , Harry Kane and Robin van Persie.

Supporters are the ones who tattoo their bodies with permanent expressions of loyalty and devotion to their team, but don't expect the players to do that. Yet whenever a player is being accused of disloyalty and even treachery for wanting to move elsewhere, don't forget that there is a flipside to it all.

Just ask Manchester United 's Rasmus Højlund , Crystal Palace captain Marc Guéhi or Chelsea outcast Raheem Sterling about the other side of football loyalty, when it is the club that attempts to sever a relationship on their terms for financial gain. It w

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