Liverpool could still sign Alexander Isak this summer as Eddie Howe says he has no knowledge that Newcastle have told the striker he is not for sale.<\/p>\n
The Sweden international is the Reds dream signing this summer but they were given very little chance of landing Isak just a couple of months ago after Newcastle qualified for the Champions League.<\/p>\n
It seemed like the Magpies would keep their prized asset but a Liverpool<\/a> approach saw Isak make it clear to the Geordie hierarchy that he wants to leave for Anfield this summer.<\/p>\n That led to Liverpool making a \u00a3110m bid, way below Newcastle\u2019s reported valuation of around \u00a3150m, which was rejected by the Magpies instantly.<\/p>\n The Reds are now not keen to reopen talks unless they get assurances that Newcastle are willing to negotiate a deal after Howe\u2019s side have secured a adequate replacement.<\/p>\n A report on Saturday in the Daily Telegraph claimed that<\/a> Newcastle owners PIF had told Isak \u2018you\u2019re going nowhere\u2019 as the Saudi owners \u2018put their foot down and insist Sweden striker will not join Liverpool this summer\u2019.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Every \u2018world-class\u2019 player in the Premier League: Arsenal trio join Liverpool quartet on 16-man list<\/a><\/p>\n The report added:\u00a0\u2018Newcastle\u2019s steadfast position on the matter has caused acrimony and tension, with Isak refusing to accept the decision with good grace. He has subsequently been ordered by manager Eddie Howe to train away from the group.<\/p>\n \u2018Until Isak is willing to get his head around the fact that he will be denied a move in this transfer window, he will not play for the club.\u2019<\/p>\n But responding to further rumours on Isak\u2019s future, Howe said after Newcastle\u2019s friendly defeat to Atletico Madrid on Saturday<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI think everything is in play. I\u2019ve said many times he is contracted to us. He is our player. The club make the decision on his future.<\/p>\n When asked if he may have to let Isak go, Howe replied:\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s a decision that I won\u2019t make, that will be for other people to make.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 \u201cFor me, I\u2019m just trying to manage the situation and manage the team, most importantly manage the group of players that I\u2019m working with day to day, that I love coaching and helping.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re focusing on [next weekend\u2019s\u00a0Premier League\u00a0opener against]\u00a0Aston Villa. Everything else, to a degree, from my perspective is not in my control, so it\u2019s not my focus.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked specifically about the report in the Telegraph, Howe continued:\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s not something I\u2019m aware of. Of course, there\u2019s discussions going on all the time that I\u2019m not party to. I have no knowledge of that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool could still sign Alexander Isak this summer as Eddie Howe says he has no knowledge that Newcastle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12033,64,63,12018,818,1613,1526,44,1614,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-58002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-eddie-howe","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-newcastle-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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