Alexander Isak has not travelled with Newcastle United squad for his or her pre-season tour of east Asia amid switch curiosity from Liverpool and Saudi Professional League, membership Al-Hilal.
The Sweden worldwide, who scored 27 targets in 42 appearances throughout all competitions final season has been closely linked with a transfer to Liverpool this summer time.
Softfootball understood that Isak was additionally not in Glasgow for Newcastle’s 4-0 pleasant defeat in opposition to Celtic on Saturday. The Magpies are getting ready to face Arsenal in Singapore on Sunday, earlier than matches in opposition to a Ok-League XI and Tottenham Hotspur in South Korea.
Eddie Howe has put collectively his travelling squad, with the countdown to the 2025-26 marketing campaign however the Swedish striker is conspicuously lacking from the record additional fueling the hearsay of his switch.
However, in keeping with assertion posted on Newcastle United official web site, Isak misses out with a minor thigh harm. The message reads:
“Eddie Howe has an nearly fully-fit squad to select from, nonetheless Alexander Isak misses out with a minor thigh harm.”
The optics of this, actually are usually not nice. Newcastle insist Isak is injured and {that a} lengthy haul flight wouldn’t assist his restoration, however the hearsay mill will solely go into overdrive.
It is vitally unlucky timing for the membership if that’s the case, given the hypothesis which continues to swirl round their star asset.
Newcastle insist that the Swede isn’t on the market and would demand not less than £125million, a British document, in the event that they had been compelled to promote.
Liverpool confirmed the £79m signing of striker Hugo Ekitike, who was a goal for Newcastle on Wednesday, however the Premier League champions are very eager on Sweden striker Isak, who can also be understood to be eager on a transfer to Anfield.
Liverpool made an enquiry final week a few deal for the ex-Actual Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund frontman, however it was dismissed by Newcastle. However hypothesis quickly ramped up once more when it emerged that Isak had been omitted of Newcastle’s squad for his or her pre-season tour of east Asia
