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8/1/2025, 7:16:40 PM
From Paul Joyce (T1 for Liverpool):
>winning goal against Liverpool in the final at Wembley — and qualification for the Champions League. Yet Eddie Howe’s side have missed out on numerous players such as Liam Delap, João Pedro, Hugo Ekitike, who also joined Liverpool, while they face stiff competition from Manchester United to pull-off their interest in RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko.Yoane Wissa, of Brentford, remains a target, while Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins, Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and Fulham forward Rodrigo Muniz have all now come onto the radar of a club operating without a sporting director since the departure of Paul Mitchell in June. If Newcastle had managed to bring in a calibre of striker similar to Isak, who has scored 52 goals across two seasons for the club, they would have been more inclined to do a deal. However, it has been a turbulent summer and, for the time being, Isak finds himself exposed. The Sweden international, 25, has been training at former club Real Sociedad this week after withdrawing from Newcastle’s pre-season trip to Singapore and South Korea officially due to injury. Isak had made it clear he will not sign an extension to his existing deal, which has three years left to run, and has been agitating for a move to Anfield where he would join Arne Slot’s expensively-assembled squad. Liverpool can at least point to having made a huge bid to sign him, while Newcastle will surely take this opportunity as a chance to redouble their efforts to persuade Isak that his future can be at St James’ Park after all. That will be difficult with the player yearning to play for a club that can compete at the highest level.
>winning goal against Liverpool in the final at Wembley — and qualification for the Champions League. Yet Eddie Howe’s side have missed out on numerous players such as Liam Delap, João Pedro, Hugo Ekitike, who also joined Liverpool, while they face stiff competition from Manchester United to pull-off their interest in RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko.Yoane Wissa, of Brentford, remains a target, while Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins, Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and Fulham forward Rodrigo Muniz have all now come onto the radar of a club operating without a sporting director since the departure of Paul Mitchell in June. If Newcastle had managed to bring in a calibre of striker similar to Isak, who has scored 52 goals across two seasons for the club, they would have been more inclined to do a deal. However, it has been a turbulent summer and, for the time being, Isak finds himself exposed. The Sweden international, 25, has been training at former club Real Sociedad this week after withdrawing from Newcastle’s pre-season trip to Singapore and South Korea officially due to injury. Isak had made it clear he will not sign an extension to his existing deal, which has three years left to run, and has been agitating for a move to Anfield where he would join Arne Slot’s expensively-assembled squad. Liverpool can at least point to having made a huge bid to sign him, while Newcastle will surely take this opportunity as a chance to redouble their efforts to persuade Isak that his future can be at St James’ Park after all. That will be difficult with the player yearning to play for a club that can compete at the highest level.
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