by Alexander Isak has made new concerns about whether he was unsettled in Newcastle after he had stayed in England as team-mates flew to Singapore on the pre-season tour.
The Swedish striker, who was defeated by Liverpool last week, was sent home by the friendly against Celtic, according to manager Eddie Howe due to the “speculation around him”.
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Newcastle has cited a minor thigh injury as the reason for Isak that does not travel to Asia, where devices were arranged against arsenal before flying to South Korea to face a K League XI and Tottenham Hotspur.
But his absence from the traveling group will only encourage uncertainty about his future. Newcastle is determined to keep Isak and strictly adheres to its rating of £ 150 million.
Liverpool was ready to pay £ 120 million for Isak, then competed with Newcastle and won the race for Hugo Ekikte from Eintracht Frankfurt.
When Howe from his decision to leave Isak from the squad to travel to Parkhead at the weekend, also insisted that Isak would be in St. James’ Park at the beginning of the season.
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“It was my decision. I decided to send him home because of the speculation,” said Howe. “I’ve never had a problem with him when he expressed his talent and express himself. I am sure that he will be here at the beginning of the season.”
Newcastle tried to sign Ekastens to support Isak instead of replacing it -when they prepared to return to the Champions League. However, as soon as Newcastle made it clear that they did not want to do business on Isak, Liverpool switched their attention to ethics.
The evaluation of Isak by Newcastle is more than the record fee that a Premier League Club paid for a player, the £ 106 million, which Chelsea Benfica presented for Enzo Fernández. Liverpool could pay Bayer Leverkusen £ 116 million for summer recruits Florian Wirtz, although 16 million pounds of which are performance-related add-ons.
Newcastle paid Real Sociedad £ 63 million for Isak in 2022. If you sell him for £ 150 million, it would be the largest deal in British football that exceeds Philippe Coutinho’s move to Barcelona. That was worth a total of £ 142 million.
