Football Daily - In Focus with Alexander Isak and Alan Shearer

Episode Date: February 1, 2025

Alan Shearer makes the short trip to Newcastle United's training ground to speak to in-form striker Alexander Isak. The Swedish international explains why he's been scoring so many goals this season. He discusses his journey in football and how he grew up watching Spanish football. He sheds light on his future plans in football, short term and long term and where he sees Newcastle finishing this season.

BBC Sounds. Music, radio, podcasts. The Football Daily Podcast on BBC Sounds. Hello, it's Alan Shearer here and welcome to the Football Daily's In Focus. Let's go and meet Alexander Isak. The Football Daily Podcast on BBC Sounds. I want to start off and take you back to your early days, if you don't mind, growing up on the outskirts of Stockholm. Was it always going to be football for you? Yeah.

Because your dad was a teacher, is that right? Yeah, he was a teacher. But it was always going to be football because where I grew up I think in most places it's football is the sports that's played on the street and that's the sport you play on your breaks in school so everyone was really playing football and that's how I like at an early age just start loving football. Was it always being a forward did you always love scoring goals? Roedd hi bob amser yn fod yn gyflwyno. Roedd hi bob amser yn ei hoffi gwneud golau? Na, wrth gwrs, pan fyddwch chi'n ifanc, nid ydych chi'n cael swydd, rydych chi'n chwarae ym mhob lle.

Roeddwn i'n fwy o driblwr, yn fwy am driblau ac arwain, mwy na gwneud golau. Sut ydych chi wedi mynd o fod yn blentyn ifanc sy'n chwarae yn y stryd, oedd yna clwb o blant, oedd yna tîm diwrnod neu dîm ddydd? How did you go from being a young kid who played in the street or was there a boys club? Was there a Saturday or a Sunday team that you got into? I started playing for my Swedish team AIK at the age of six or seven I think. And that's more like a football school. Like an academy? Ac mae hynny'n fwy fel ysgol gwleidydd. Fel gadeirydd? Ie. Ac yna, yn ôl, 8 neu 9,

dyna lle maen nhw'n gwneud gwahaniaethau i ddifrwyddion gwahanol. Ac i'w gosod, maen nhw'n rhoi'r chwaraewyr gwell yn un tîm ac maen nhw'n dechrau gwneud hynny. Eich bod chi yn y tîm gwell, yn amlwg. Ie, roeddwn i. Nid oeddwn i bob amser un o'r gorau. Roeddech chi ddim? Nid, ond roeddwn i bob amser yn y tîm gorau.

Ie, felly roeddech chi'n amlwg wedi cael ymddygiad y byddwch chi eisiau bod yn y gorau. Ie, yn enwedig yn ôl. Nid oeddwn i bob amser yn ymdrechion mwy neu'n swyddol. Roeddwn i'n llawer am sgwrsio. Ac fel y dywedais, roeddwn i'n hoffi'r ffordd o ffocwl yn y stryd, a fyddwch chi'n ei ddeall yn y diweddar. Rydych chi wedi cymryd ychydig o hynny gyda chi nawr, yn ymlaen, oherwydd mae ychydig yn ystod y gwaith. Rydych chi wedi cymryd ychydig o hynny gyda chi nawr, yn y tro hwnnw, oherwydd mae ychydig o... Dwi ddim yn gwybod, pan fyddwn i'n gwylio chi nawr,

mae ychydig o ffocwl stryd amdanoch chi, nid yw'r hyn? Ie, ac mae hynny'n y chwarae dwi am ei fod. Rwy'n hoffi mwynhau fy ffocwl yno. Rwy'n credu mai dyna pan fyddwn i'n gwneud y gorau. Rwy'n credu mai dyna pan fyddwn i'n golygu. Rwy'n hoffi gwneud ychydig o b want to do a bit of everything. I like dribbling,

I like coming short, I like to combine with other players. That's me, other than of course scoring goals. That makes me enjoy football a lot. And you're one of six, the youngest of six. How was that growing up in a household that big? Ychydig o'r ddau, sut oedd hynny wedi tyfu i fyny mewn cwmni hynny? Roedd yn arbennig, roedd yn dda iawn. Yn amlwg nawr, unwaith y byddwch yn llawer mwy ac yn edrych yn ôl, mae'n ddefnyddiol iawn hefyd. Mae'r rhan fwyaf o fy mabwysedd yn eithaf llawer mwyach na fi, felly ie, roedd gennych lawer o bobl mewn teuluoedd a allai ddiffygwylio chi a'ch helpu chi mewn ffordd da. many people in the family that could influence you and help you in a good way. And your parents are from Eritrea, which obviously still holds a big connection for you, although you weren't born there, you still go back there. I've seen videos of you there and playing with the kids on the pitches and what have you. What sort of connection does that hold a phethau ar y pethau, beth fath o gysylltiad yw hynny? Yn dal yn arbennig iawn?

Yn dal yn arbennig iawn. Rwy'n yn arbennig yn Eritrean, mae fy mab yn Eritrean. Fodd bynnag, wrth fy nesaf yn Gwledydd, mae cymuned Eritrean mawr. Felly roeddwn i bob amser ymlaen ac wedi cael fy nôl yn y sefyllfa hwnnw. and raised in that type of environment. And yeah, I haven't been there many times lately, but as you said, last time I was there was a really good experience. What type of reception did you get there? They must love you there, eh?

It would probably be a bit different if I went there now, because a lot of things has happened since last time. I think when I was there last time was when I played in Dortmund, so a lot has happened. But yeah, it would probably be special for them, for the kids and for me as well. I don't think there's too many idols they can have within the sports world. It wasn't easy for your parents having to move to where they did. You're one of six, one of the youngest of six. So what was it like for you when you were growing up as a young boy? It was nice.

It was nice. I grew up in a small neighbourhood and spent most of my time playing football, to be fair. So after school it was always out playing football all the time? Yeah, it was literally just staying there. With all your pals or with your brothers and sisters? No, mostly with my friends. I think it's different times now. Now kids like to stay home, play video games or whatever. At that time you socialised outside.

So yeah, I'd spend most of my time just playing. Not just playing football, but just hanging out with friends and doing fun kid stuff. I was a good kid. We believe you. I was the best student in school. No, I was alright. I was alright. Funny guy, liked having fun sometimes a bit too much. And if it wasn't for football what would you be doing? I think I always wanted to do sports. So if it weren't football it might have been basketball. I don't know, I didn't really have any talent in basketball but I liked the sport. Was it always going to be football? I mean you obviously made your debut at 16, was there any thought of Roedd e'n amlwg fod yn gwneud eich debyg ar 16? Roedd yna unrhyw syniad o'r brifysgol neu gwneud unrhyw astudiaeth arall? Nid yn iawn, oherwydd dwi'n dechrau'n hir.

Felly roedd rhaid i mi droi i'r ysgol ar 16, o ran 15 neu 16. Felly dwi ddim yn cael amser i feddwl am unrhyw beth arall. Roedd rhaid i mi ffwrddio. Rwy'n gwybod, roedd gennych ychydig. Oherwydd yr hyn a wnaeth eich rhieni ei wneud, a dylai fod yn anodd iawn, ydych chi wedi cael y mental yma?

Oherwydd rwy'n gweld chi ar y cyfforddi ffotg, a gallai fod yn y ffaith hwnnw sydd yn debyg iawn, ond rwy'n gweld y llwyth a'r yyn hysbysol sydd yn debyg iawn, ond rwy'n gweld ymddygiad a chynnydd sydd yn eich canol. Ie, yn sicr. Rwy'n credu bod gen i lawer o bethau gan fy mab, yn enwedig ymddygiad, ond hefyd ymddygiad, y gwaith anodd. Mae llawer o wahanol bethau wedi fy nhymryd i'r person rwy'n heddiw. Wel, rwy'n teimlo bod gen i wahanol ffyrdd o mi ar gyfer pan fyddant yn ei angen. Rydych chi'n sôn am AIK.

Dyna pan fe wnaethoch chi ddebyg ar 16. Dwi'n meddwl fy mod i'n ifanc yn gwneud fy ddebyg ar 17 yn Southampton, ond fel blant 16 oed, ac nid yn unig i wneud eich ddebyg, rydych chi'n gofyn hefyd, a'r chwarae ymlaen i'r llygaid ymlaen yn y llygaid honno. Oeddech chi'n gwybod ei fod yn dod, oeddech chi'n meddwl ei fod yn dod neu oedd hi'n dod yn fwy cynta'n ystyried eich meddwl? or did it arrive sooner than you thought? I kind of didn't know it was coming, but I was kind of ready for it because I was training with the first team on a regular basis for, I sense, like when I was 15,

and for a long period of time, I was playing in for a long period of time I was playing the friendly games. And yeah, I kind of played most of the games, the friendlies, preparing for that season. And then I was out to squad for the first game and then the second game I started. So that was maybe a bit of a shock. But yeah, I was kind of ready for it because I had been around the first team for a time and for me looking back now, when I'm my age and thinking

that I'd done that when I was 16, then I'm thinking yeah, I was literally a baby. But at the time, I really felt like I was just... Can you remember what you felt like? Can you remember feeling nerves? Or you thought, no, I actually belong in this arena? Actually, I didn't feel any nerves because it was kind of like I didn't have too many expectations, too high expectations on myself because I was 16 and you're in this bubble. Dydw i ddim wedi cael llawer o hwylion am fy hun oherwydd roeddwn i'n 16. Ac rydych chi mewn y bobl hwnnw. Weithiau pan fyddwch chi'n ddwy ifanc, mae'n ddwy ifanc i ddeall.

Dydwch chi ddim yn meddwl amdano. Ie. Dydwch chi ddim yn meddwl amdano. Rydwch chi'n gwneud hynny yn dda. Mae'n debyg bod chi'n chwarae gyda'ch 19 oed, felly nid yw'n newid llawer. Felly dyna sut roeddwn i'n meddwl. Ac yna, ar ôl hynny, mae pethau'n dda iawn. Mae gennych chi symud i Dortmund. Beth oedd yn digwydd yno?

Doedd gennych chi ddim llawer o amser i rhedeg, o'ch bod chi'n cael llawer o amser i rhedeg? Ie, nid oeddwn i. Roeddwn i'n dal i fod yn ddyn iawn, 17, felly roedd yn ffwrdd mawr i symud o'r Lleidyddiaeth move from the Swedish league to Germany. It's a big step and it didn't go to plan. Thomas Tuchel was the manager? Yeah, first six months. How was he? Be careful what you say, he's an England manager now. I played for Sweden. He was a good manager, he won the cup that year as well. And then Sweden, you scored as a 17-year-old as well, the youngest to score for Sweden.

It's not a bad start to your career is it? It was a friendly game actually.. You know who I scored against? It was a goalkeeper. Go on. Dubravka. Oh, was it really? How often do you remind him of that? Often, often, often.

He always says that he played with a group of youngsters. All right, OK. It wasn't his fault. No, it wasn't his fault. It's my fault. So you got your goal and then, was there comparisons to Zlatan? What do you think? Yeah. I mean, it's not just any old footballer, he's been...

Yeah, I heard it a lot. I always try to dodge them. Do you? Why? Because of how good he was? Yeah, but also it didn't really make sense at that age without having done anything. He didn't put you under pressure then? He didn't feel any pressure because people were mentioning you in the same...? No, not really. I just didn't think it made any sense at that point, at that age, to be compared to a player of that level. But it didn't really affect me in any way. Do you have a relationship with him? Do you speak to him?

No, I wouldn't say we speak, but when he was on the national team, he was good to me, it was good to the other guys. So yeah, that was nice. And then it didn't quite work out for you in Germany, then you go out on loan again, then you get your big move to Sociedad. How was that? Yeah, it was probably the game changer. Did you then think, yeah, this is where I belong, I've got the start, if you like, to where I want to be and where to go?

Yeah, because when you haven't played for a year and a half, you don't really know where you're at, especially at such a young age. It was a challenge to go to Holland. And yeah, it was kind of a situation where you have to accept to take two steps back to be able to take three forward, which I did. I went there and started playing straight away and it went really good. And you got your move. Yeah, I got my move to Spain, which, yeah, I also wanted to play in the Spanish League. When I was younger, it was one of the leagues I really liked. So, yeah, that was a big move for me.

How do you compare, having been here in England now for two and a half years, how do you compare Spanish League to the Premier League? I would say that the Spanish League is much more possession based where they will go from side to side. Even though they have chances to go forward, they might take another lap. Whereas the English League is much more intense and straightforward. More aggressive? Yeah, more aggressive. Both leagues have their good and bads, but I think for me, for my position,

I feel like I'm getting more out of myself. Well, I have gotten more out of myself here in terms of not just goals but chances involved in the game and all of that. In terms of, because we always talk about in the Premier League the number of games that they have, the demand to keep on playing, how does that compare to what you had to face in Spain? It was not too different. We also played in Europe two of my three seasons there. It depends how many competitions you have. Obviously for the teams like Man City

and them they have much more games. I would probably say the only difference is that little break. Most leagues have that little break over Christmas and New Year. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you don't have it in England.

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Who knows what's arrived in the inbox? The Premier League review only on the Football Daily. Listen on BBC Sounds. The Football Daily Podcast on BBC Sounds. The role of a centre-forward has certainly vastly changed since my day. It's more of a forward now. How do you describe yourself? What are your attributes? We can all see you love scoring the goals and you're great at that. ers fy nesaf, nid yn fwy fel ffordd nawr. Sut ydych chi'n ei ddisgrifio? Beth yw'ch atribwydau? Gallwn ni i gyd weld eich bod yn caru gwneud gols ac yn wych ar hynny.

Sut ydych chi'n ei weld eich hun? Mewn ffordd bwysig iawn. Rwy'n credu bod fy mhobl yn dweud mai fy mhobl yw fy mhobl yn gweithio'n dda a little bit good at everything and I've certainly developed the number nine type of player where I'm good in the box. I've scored a few headers this season as well but yeah I'm pretty versatile. I want to be a threat in every way. I want to be able to come short but also spin in behind. Will you, if they don't, I mean that header you were on about that, I remember that cross which was like a great cross, the way you scored the goal. I've seen your reaction. I saw your reaction from it. Do you tell the wingers to look, you can put balls in there and I'm sure what I can do in terms of heading it. Do you actually say to them just get the ball out of the box? A ydych chi'n dweud i'r gofynion i ddweud, dylai'ch gallu rhoi bôl i mewn? Ac rwy'n siŵr beth y gallaf ei wneud o ran y heddiw. Ydych chi'n ei ddweud,

gadewch i'r bôl i fynd i'r bôl? Oherwydd rwy'n hoffi'r bôl. Yn fawr, nid yw'r croeserau hynny'n dod yn aml. Efallai, os ydych chi'n eu dweud i'r gofynion a'u sgrinio, y byddant yn eu dweud i'w rhoi bôl i fynd i mewn. Ie, i'r gwirionedd, mae Jacob Murphy wedi gwneud rhai bôl da i mi ym mis y flwyddyn. Ond rwy'n credu ein bod wedi bod yn eithaf llwyddiannus ar y graff,

y croesoau llaw. Ond efallai y dylem ni ddechrau. A'r gol eich arbennig, neu'r gol gorau eich gwaith y flwyddyn hon oedd y gol Llywodraeth? Ie, ond yn wir, dwi'n cofio... Dwi'n credu bod y gol hedder oedd y gorau. Roedd hwnnw'n Arsenal, oedd e? Ie, roedd hwnnw'n Arsenal. A gwnaethon ni gynnal y gêm 1-0. Ond hwnnw i mi oedd y cwrs, y cwrs a'r hedder. Ie, roeddech chi'n howni'r gêm hwnnw. Roedd hynny'n bennaf yn fy mhen, y croes a'r hen. Ie, roeddech chi'n caru hynny.

Roedd hynny'n arbennig hefyd. Roedd hynny'n arbennig hefyd oherwydd dydw i ddim yn gwneud cymaint o'r rhai. Felly roedd hynny'n arbennig hefyd. Ydych chi'n eich clasio eich hun fel cyfarwyddwr pennaeth neu yw'r sefyllfa wedi newid yn ystod i mi wrth chwarae? Mae'n fwy fel cyfarwyddwr nawr.stod i'r hyn rwy'n ei chwarae. Mae'n fwy fel ffordd. Sut ydych chi'n ei weld? Rwy'n credu eich bod yn wych yn y cyfnod.

Rydych chi hefyd yn edrych yn unigol iawn yn gyfforddus pan rydych chi'n cael y bwrdd allan. Nid yw hynny'n effeithio arnoch chi. Beth ydych chi'n ei weld? Byddwn i'n gweld fy hun yn y cyfeiriad. Dyna fy sefyllfa. Yna gallaf fynd allan i wahanol sefyllfa. forward yeah yeah I send it forward that's my position and then I can drift out to different positions. I feel good I feel comfortable receiving the ball at the left side but yeah I haven't been I haven't really been as good when like

the games I've started as a left winger right It's more like within the game when I drift out, receive the ball and just do things. And where does the number 14 come from? Is it because your idol was Thierry Henry? Or one guy you'd look up to? It was definitely one player I liked a bit extra uh but yeah i think there's uh there's many many great players that have had the um number 14 you have general love from yeah yeah yeah and i also had that number in uh when i played in dortmund right yeah um and yeah and when when i signed for Newcastle out of the numbers

that were available I think 14 was the most iconic one yeah I know I like did you is it does the number nine shirt not bother you would you would you like that it wasn't available either when I signed but I understood Nicky no I'm not really a'r un i mi, ond rwyf wedi llwyddo. Nid wyf yn meddwl amdano. Rwy'n gwneud dda, rwy'n hapus â nifer 14, ond ar y arall, rwy'n gwybod bod nifer 9 yn sioe arbennig ar gyfer y ffans. Fe wna i ddweud o'r teiriau. Oes unrhyw un arall yr ydych chi'n edrych arnynt fel bach ifanc a'i meddwl y byddech chi'n Was there anyone else who you look up to as a young boy and think you perhaps modelled your game on him or you looked at him and admired him? Was there anyone else? To be fair, I didn't watch too much football growing up. But why I said I liked Spanish football is because we had the Spanish channels in my TV.

I didn't have the English channels so I didn't watch Premier League as much. So I was looking at players like growing up, Messi was the big thing of course. Other than that I wasn't really, I was too young for the players before him and I think the time Messi and Ronaldo were playing was mainly about them two. roedd yn ddifrifol i'r chwaraewyr cynno'r cyntaf. Roedd yn ddifrifol i'r cyntaf i'w gwybod. Os oes gennych chi'n ddifrifol i'r chwaraewyr, mae'n debyg i mi. Felly, ddweud wrthym sut y ddododd Newcastle. Oes gen i'n cofio gwylio chi a'n meddwl, mae'n dda i edrych ar y dyn hon. Roeddwn i'n cofio ein bod ni'n sefydlu gyda Gary, Gary Lineker, yn y stiwdio,

a'n Ian Wright a rai o'r rhai, ac roeddem yn gwylio chi chwarae i Gymru ac roeddem i i gyd wedi meddwl, mae rhywbeth amdano, mae'n eithaf yn ei hoffi. Sut a ddododd Newcastle i fyny? I think after my third season I felt like it was time for a different challenge. And yeah, I think me and the club were both on the same page. Sociedad. Yeah. And on the other hand it was about which clubs were interested.

Because I had a pretty high price tag as well. That's when Newcastle came in because they were really interested and really believed in my qualities. So the club and the gaffer asfyd. Roedden ni'n hynod o ddiddorol am ei ddod i mewn. Yn fy marn i, pan oeddent yn cyflwyno'r prosiect a phopeth, nid oedd yn ddewis yn anodd i mi wneud. A ddwy a chwe mlynedd o flynyddoedd rydych chi wedi bod yma nawr, tri mlynedd yn y flwyddyn. Sut ydych chi wedi ei ddod o hyd? Yn amlwg, rydych chi'n ei fwynhau, gallwch chi ddweud hynny ar y peth,

ond o'r ffordd, sut yw'r bobl gyda chi? Beth wyt ti'n ei wneud yn eich amser aros? Nid wyf yn dda. Rwy'n hoffi bod yn ddynion lle mae'r tîm yn ei hollbwysig. Mae un tîm y mae pawb yn ei gefnogi. Rwy'n credu ei fod yn gwneud y dîm yn arbennig. Felly mae hynny'n dda iawn. Ond, yn ogystal â hynny, dydw i ddim yn gwneud llawer. a city special yeah so that's really nice but yeah other than that i don't i don't really do too much go out and walk the dog yeah i want the dog um but other than that and do you go out to restaurants and do you get left alone do people allow you to do what you want to do yeah i think if you go restaurant that's that's. It doesn't get too crazy.

But yeah as I said I stay home, I eat at home, play video games, watch TV. But there's this quiet lad that we know but we see an aggression out on the football pitch. Do you change once you get out there? Yeah I think I have different sides of me. I think if you would ask my team ar y pidch, a fyddwch chi'n newid unwaith y byddwch chi'n cael eich llwyddo? Ie, rwy'n credu bod gen i wahanol ffyrdd o fyny. Rwy'n credu, os byddwch chi'n gofyn i fy mharwyr, sut rwy'n gweithio, byddent yn dechrau fy nesgoi mewn ffordd wahanol. Mwy na'r ffordd rydych chi'n ei weld. A beth ydych chi'n gobeithio am Newcastle yn y flwyddyn hon? Mae'n cael y potensial i fod yn un wych, ond na? Ie, mae'n cael y potensial i fod yn un wych, ond mae'n gweithio. Ie, mae'n cael y potensial.

Rwy'n gwybod nad ydym am siarad amdano'n fawr, ond yr hyn rydym yn dal i'w chwarae yw ganolbwyntio i gynnal y Cwp, ond hefyd i gael y Llywodraeth. Felly dyna'r nodau sy'n gallu cael eu cymryd. Roeddech chi wedi cael eich mwynhau o'r ll oedd eich lles diwethaf gyda Lleoledig? Ie. Sut oedd eich bod wedi mwynhau hynny? A sut oedd eich bod yn ymddygiadol i fynd yn ôl i mewn?

Nid, yn ymddygiadol iawn. Roeddech chi'n gallu gweld beth roedd yn ei olygu i'r tîm, i'r ffans a i'r CCE. Felly, dyna beth rydym am ei fod. Ac rydym am wneud yn well na'r flwyddyn diwethaf, wrth gwrs. Ie, roeddem wedi cael ychydig o. We had a taste of Wembley as well two seasons ago. You want that again? We want that again. The ambition is there.

What about you individually? Can you get better? Yeah, for sure. At what? Rwy'n credu y gallaf i ddatblygu popeth. Fy rhedeg cyffredinol, mynd i'r cymorth, cyd-destun. Rwy'n credu bod yna rhai sy'n gallu datblygu. Rydyn ni'n gweithio arnynt yn llawer hefyd. Rydyn ni wedi gweld cyflogwyr cyflogwyr cyflogwyr cyflogwyr sy'n cynnig contractau hir. Ie. Rydych chi'n gwybod beth fydd yn dod nesaf.

Ie, byddwn yn gweld. Yn amlwg, byddwch chi ddim yn gwybod. Yn amlwg, mae'r sbeculaeth yn eich bryder? Ydych chi'n ei fwynhau? Mae'n amlwg bod chi'n gwneud rhywbeth iawn os yw pobl yn siarad am chi ar gyrff gwlifoedd eraill. Nid wyf a'r fannau Newcastle yn ei hoffi, ond mae'n realiti gwlifoedd, ydy'n dda? Yn fawr, y fwyaf o gyrffau rydych chi'n eu cymryd, y gwell y wyt ti'n dda, ond y byddai'n dda i chi ddweud pethau arall. Mae'n rhywbeth rydych chi'n ei ddysgu.

Weithiau, rydych chi'n gweld pethau sy'n eich gwneud chi'n sgwyl neu pethau sydd ddim yn iawn. Ond mae'n rhan o chwaraewr. Nid yw'n ddifrifol i chi. Ac fel cymdeithas, mae'n ddifrifol i ni i gyd, ond rydych chi'n yr un peth hwnnw o ran golau. Ie, wrth gwrs. Mae'n rhaid i chi fod yn ddiddorol i fod yn stryker gwych. Ond rwy'n ceisio bod yn ddiddorol mewn ffordd da oherwydd dydwdim eisiau ei effeithio ar fy nôl. Mae'n ymwneud â chyflawniadau penderfynol, mae'n rhaid i chi wneud y penderfyniadau cywir i'ch hun, ond hefyd i'r tîm. Ond yn ystod y golau, mae'n rhaid i chi gael y ddechrau. Roedd y rhan fwyaf o'r 9 gêm yn ystod y rôl yn eich ysgrifennu?

Ddweud wrthym am y teimlad hwnnw. Rwy'n gallu cofio pan oeddwn i ddim wedi gwneud hynny. Ond pan fyddwch chi'n teimlo bod popeth yn mynd iawn i'ch llaw, rwy'n ceisio ddatganu'r teimlad hwn i bawb. Pan fyddwch chi'n sefyll yn y tunel cyn gwedd, yn disgwyl i chi ddod â llaw. Ie, nid ydych chi'n meddwl amdano. Mae'n dda iawn. Mae'n digwydd. Ie, ac fe wnes i'r teimlad hwnnw o ran ymlaen. Ie. it's just flowing it just happens yeah and I felt that against like Wolves yeah

that first shot my first goal where it got deflected and somehow went in so yeah it was just

yeah you just have that feeling that everything's just going your way then I scored another normal goal but yeah it's

when it's flowing it's flowing and what about in training do you do you do finishing sessions at the end golau cyffredinol. Ond, wrth gwrs, pan fydd yn llwyddo, mae'n llwyddo. A beth am ymdrin? A ydych chi'n gwneud sesiwns o'r diwedd? A ydych chi'n gallu cadw ar ôl? Dwi'n gwybod bod ymdrin yn wahanol iawn i'r hyn rwyf yn ei chwarae, ond a ydych chi'n ymarferol eich llwyddo bob amser? Ie, llawer. Yn amlwg, pan fydd y cyfle wedi'i roi, nid ydych chi'n gallu gwneud ychydig. Mae'n rhaid i chi feddwl am eich llwyth hefyd. Rwy'n gweithio llawer yn unigol, yn enwedig gyda Bona Graham Jones. Rydyn ni'n gwneud llawer o waith.

Rwy'n gwybod eich bod chi'n 25, ond a yw'r amser rydych chi'n meddwl amdano? Dwi ddim yn gwybod, ym 10, 15, 20 mlynedd, ym mhob amser rydych chi eisiau bod, beth rydych chi eisiau gwneud? Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n anodd, oherwydd rwyf wedi siarad â llawer o chwaraewyr sy'n hwyreol ac maen nhw'n dweud bod hynny'n newid llawer. Oherwydd ar hyn o bryd, rwy'n credu y byddwn i ddim yn hoffi gwneud do anything with football but I've seen cases where it changes during their career. So yeah, maybe be a third assistant coach or something. Would that interest you? Do you sit and study and watch the manager and the coach in terms of what they do? So maybe coaching badges in years to come? No, I don't really. That's why I said third or fourth assistant. Okay. Because I don't want to be the main man.

Okay. I just want to be within the football. Right. The correct answer might have been, after I've been at Newcastle for the next six or seven years and I've won this trophy and that trophy, then we'll see what happens after that. Yeah, that's a good one. Can we do another one? Ac ar ôl fy mod i wedi bod yn Newcastle am y ddwy neu chwe mlynedd nesaf, ac rwyf wedi gwerthu'r trofi hwn a'r trofi hwn, yna byddwn yn gweld beth sy'n digwydd ar ôl hynny. Iawn, mae hynny'n dda. Allwn ni wneud hynny? Mae gennych gyfathrebu gwych â'r ffans yma yng Nghymru. Roedden ni'n gweld y banner mawr y maen nhw wedi'i gael i chi, a'r cerdd y maen nhw'n ei synnu i chi. Mae'n rhaid i chi gael cymhwyso.

Ie, mae'n bob amser yn dda pan mae'r cerddiau yn cael cerdd i chi. Mae'r cerdd hon yn dda, yn ddiddorol ac yn arbennig. Yn amlwg, roedd hi wedi dod ar ôl derbyn y derbyn yng Nghymru yn y llynedd diwethaf, felly mae'n dda. Iawn, rwy'n mwynhau'r cerdd. Ydw ti'n gwybod'r can? Dwi'n gwybod'r cerdd, peidiwch efo'i ofyn. Peidiwch efo fi. it's a nice one good enjoy it do you know the channel? I know the song don't even ask yeah don't ask me and then

and then yeah just away from the game alright and away from the game what do you do? you know when you finish training you've got a dog you go out walking with the dog

yeah dog needs a lot of exercise so dog walks I'd say during like during a season um at my time here i'll go home from training and i like to chill um yeah i like to just stay at home but normally um if i had time off if you've got a day off do you go back to Sweden? Not a day off, if I

have a couple of days off then I could go back. I went back more to Sweden when I was younger because I missed home more. Now I've lived abroad for more than eight years so you get used to it and you don't really feel that need but yeah go away couple of days can be nice. What are your thoughts on the dog ac nid ydych chi'n teimlo'r angen honno. Ond, ie, byddwch yn dda i fynd i ffwrdd. Beth yw'ch sylwadau am y ddog ffynion sydd wedi'u gweld yn ystod y cyfnod? Oherwydd mae'n dda i chi, mae gennych chi'r ddog. Ie, fe wnes i fynd i'r 4K am ychydig blynedd yn ôl gyda fy ngheir. Ac fe wnes i fod yn ffynion ddiddorol.

Felly, ie, mae'n dda i fy mhrofiad. Mae'n rhywbeth o'r ffaith. Mae'n ffaith. Diolch yn fawr. a funny meme so yeah it's well appreciated and yeah it's one of those bit of a laugh yeah funny things thank you so much thank you carry on the great work The Football Daily Podcast

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