Football Transfer Rumours: Sesko Or Aghehowa To Replace Isak At Newcastle?

If anyone spots Eddie Howe appearing to beryllium rehearsing lines connected nan steps of St James’ Park complete nan adjacent fewer days, there’s an evident explanation. It was from said vantage constituent 30 years agone that different Newcastle boss, Kevin Keegan, had to explicate to angry and bewildered fans why they had sold Andy Cole to Manchester United. The modern-day version, of course, is Howe having to talk his measurement retired of why nan nine could beryllium letting Alexander Isak spell to Liverpool.

To beryllium honest, it doesn’t look a very Howe point to do, though rumours propose nan existent Magpies head wouldn’t beryllium averse. And, if Howe knows his history, he mightiness benefit, conscionable arsenic Liverpool erstwhile did, from nan Coutinho Effect – flogging a subordinate astatine highest worth and rebuilding cardinal parts of nan squad pinch nan hefty proceeds.

Isak going to Liverpool (anything from £125m to £150m look to beryllium nan latest quotes) would spark a different benignant of effect, 1 involving dominoes. So if nan Swedish striker topples towards Anfield, what different presently fixed deals mightiness autumn into spot arsenic nan concatenation guidance spreads?

Let’s commencement pinch Newcastle. If Isak does move on, respective sources are suggesting Leipzig’s 22-year-old guardant Benjamin Sesko is apical of Howe’s wishlist. He’d costs £70m and upwards. The Slovenian’s Leipzig teammate Loïs Openda has besides been linked while it seems beautiful evident that Brentford will want measurement much than nan £25m that Newcastle are believed to person offered for frontman Yoane Wissa. The Congolese world is 28 truthful another, much youthful, action for Howe could beryllium prolific Porto striker Samu Aghehowa (Howe and Aghehowa has bully symmetry; nan balanced of Pep Guardiola signing Josko Gvardiol, maybe). Aghehowa is conscionable 21 though he has a reported merchandise clause of €100m (£87m).

Liverpool’s financial location seems to beryllium successful fantabulous bid truthful it appears there’s nary hopeless sell-to-buy necessity erstwhile it comes to Isak. That said, nan astute legume counters astatine Anfield cognize that costs could beryllium raised. A chunk could travel from Harvey Elliott, who is reported to beryllium connected West Ham’s radar. He struggled to get minutes nether Arne Slot past play though Elliott has stressed he would emotion to create his profession astatine Liverpool. The past reported rumour of Darwin Núñez leaving was successful mid-July aft Napoli apparently said no, but nan Luis Díaz speculation won’t spell distant and Bayern Munich’s £70m bid for nan Colombian could get nan greenish ray if Isak is brought in.

Arsenal rumours now and possibly move distant if you’re a Newcastle instrumentality already resigned to losing Isak. The Gunners want an elite left-sided attacker and Newcastle wideman Anthony Gordon is connected a prime database of three. Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze and Real Madrid’s Rodrygo (another expected Liverpool target) are nan others. Gordon would costs astir £80m.

Aston Villa look keen to rebuff Manchester United’s attack for striker Ollie Watkins but want to return Alejandro Garnacho distant from Old Trafford. United want to waste but only astatine nan correct price. They besides want free of Antony, a flop astatine United but a deed astatine Real Betis. The Spaniards can’t spend turning their indebtedness woody into a imperishable 1 truthful respective teams successful Europe are keeping a adjacent oculus connected nan Brazlian winger. The very latest? Two Saudi Arabian Premier League sides are fresh to swoop.

Chelsea person dominated transportation onshore successful caller times but there’s not excessively overmuch happening down astatine nan Bridge correct now. João Pedro and Liam Delap person beefed up nan onslaught and there’s nary awesome desire to waste Nicolas Jackson: Manchester United are sniffing.

But nan Blues, contempt being stacked successful that department, can’t thief themselves erstwhile it comes to a imaginative No 10 type. Leipzig attacker Xavi Simons is nan main target while they still person eyes for Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers.