Newcastle Move For Woltemade 'developing' But Isak Clarity 'difficult'

Newcastle United's move for Nick Woltemade is "developing", but caput coach Eddie Howe has offered nary guarantee astir nan early of Alexander Isak.

Woltemade, 23, arrived connected Tyneside connected Thursday and is group to person a aesculapian connected Friday earlier completing his transportation from Stuttgart.

There has been nary confirmation of a fee, but a root suggested it would beryllium a nine record - beating nan £63m they paid for Isak 3 years ago.

Howe indicated it was improbable Woltemade would beryllium registered successful clip to make his Premier League debut against Leeds United connected Saturday, but stressed "the astir important point is we effort to bring a centre-forward in".

"Things are moving and processing successful a bully measurement astatine nan moment," he said. "Until things are done, I can't corroborate thing - but fingers crossed."

Should Newcastle reason nan signing of Woltemade, it could springiness Liverpool encouragement to make different move for Isak successful nan last days of nan transportation window, aft nan champions had a £110m bid rejected past month.

In a connection past week, Newcastle said they did not foresee their conditions for trading Isak, 25, being met - namely securing 2 value strikers, arsenic good arsenic receiving a suitable connection from Liverpool.

Agreeing a woody for Woltemade feels for illustration a important first step, and Howe said nan nine were "still looking" because location was "an opportunity to possibly amended nan squad further".

He again made it clear Isak could beryllium reintegrated successful nan squad but said it was "difficult to springiness immoderate clarity connected nan future".

"Of people I person a penchant but yet you've sewage to look astatine each nan information," he said. "I person a footballing preference, but past you person sewage to return everything other into account.

"You can't conscionable beryllium oblivious to things that person happened truthful I'm successful that position wherever I'm trying to abstracted myself from it because I person nary power complete it. I'll fto everything return its people and woody pinch nan eventuality."

Howe said he had to abstracted himself from nan emotion involved, peculiarly erstwhile Isak had stopped training pinch his team-mates.

"I took nan position past that nan squad needed maine to beryllium nan champion maine and beryllium wholly focused connected them," he said.

"This business was not going to beryllium resolved quickly and I had nary power complete bringing immoderate solution to it, either. I was successful that position wherever I took nan telephone to move guardant pinch nan squad."