Alexander Isak Rejects Newcastle Olive Branch From Club Officials In North-east Visit

Alexander Isak is understood to person declined a high-powered invitation to return to Newcastle’s first-team fold.

The Sweden striker has spent astir of this summertime connected a shape of onslaught arsenic he attempts to technologist a move to Liverpool by refusing to play for Eddie Howe’s first squad aliases rejoin nan squad for training.

Newcastle’s head has many times asked Isak to reintegrate arsenic nan club’s Saudi Arabian owners determine whether to clasp nan 25-year-old to a £140,000-a-week statement pinch 3 years still outstanding aliases waste him to Anfield.

On Monday day Jamie Reuben, Newcastle’s number owner, and representatives of nan mostly owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, visited Isak and his representatives successful Northumberland and attempted to agent a rapprochement.

It is understood nan guardant was offered a lucrative salary emergence successful speech for a willingness to enactment for astatine slightest 1 much play but that imaginable carried small appeal.

This impasse is acold from perfect from Howe, who needs to switch Isak’s erstwhile understudy Callum Wilson, now astatine West Ham, and is moving retired of clip to find a striker to capable nan Swede’s boots.

Yasir al-Rumayyan, Newcastle’s chair, is successful nan mediate of a uncommon sojourn to nan north-east and would ideally for illustration to support Isak, but Howe has made clear he only wants players who are afloat committed and would for illustration a swift solution to a problem that has dominated this summer.

In nan hours earlier Newcastle’s 3-2 location defeat by Liverpool connected Monday Rumayyan sanctioned a £50m bid for nan Wolves centre-forward Jørgen Strand Larsen. Although that connection was swiftly rejected it is thought an improved bid will travel and Newcastle are hopeful that will beryllium accepted. Wolves proceed to insist nan Norwegian is not for sale.

Newcastle person besides had a £40m bid for Yoane Wissa rejected. Although Brentford do not want to suffer Wissa nan striker is hopeless to subordinate Newcastle and a transfer, though complicated, could yet transpire earlier Monday’s deadline. A much readily disposable action is Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson, though he was acold from nan apical of Howe’s original attacking shortlist.

Will Osula, who scored Newcastle’s equaliser against Liverpool, whitethorn commencement against Leeds connected Saturday. Photograph: Paul Currie/Colorsport/Shutterstock

Liverpool person had a £110m connection for Isak rejected and cognize they will request to up it considerably to person a chance of extracting a subordinate their manager, Arne Slot, has agelong coveted.

With Isak making himself unavailable for Saturday’s Premier League travel to Leeds and his understudy, nan England winger Anthony Gordon, opening a three-game suspension, Howe could commencement nan inexperienced Will Osula.

Newcastle could besides beryllium without nan cardinal midfielders Sandro Tonali and Joelinton, owing to respective enarthrosis and groin injuries, arsenic good arsenic nan concussed cardinal defender Fabian Schär.

Wolves are poised to complete nan signing of nan Girona defender Ladislav Krejci. Wolves see Krejci a imperishable signing but nan Czech Republic centre-back will subordinate connected an first loan. Wolves will trigger a £20m imperishable move aft a number of appearances.

Krejci joined nan La Liga nine past twelvemonth from Sparta Prague, wherever nan 26-year-old won 2 convention titles. He becomes Vítor Pereira’s 5th summertime signing but nan Wolves head still wants to adhd a midfielder and a forward.