{"id":72199,"date":"2025-08-16T07:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T07:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72199\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T07:43:07","slug":"alexander-isak-gets-liverpool-move-and-yoane-wissa-hijacked-newcastles-nightmare-window-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72199\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak gets Liverpool move and Yoane Wissa hijacked – Newcastle’s nightmare window | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

A first major domestic trophy since 1955, Champions League<\/a> qualification, and a fan base rejoicing. If the 2024\/25 season couldn\u2019t have gone any better for Eddie Howe and his Newcastle<\/a> team, then the summer that followed couldn\u2019t have gone much worse.<\/p>\n

Transfer targets Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Hugo Ekitike, James Trafford and Benjamin Sesko have all slipped through the net in favour of joining Premier League<\/a> rivals. Add to that Alexander Isak\u2019s refusal to represent the club<\/a> as he tries to force a move to Liverpool<\/a>, and Anthony Gordon\u2019s injury, and Howe could be forgiven for wanting to bang his head on a brick wall. The bad news for the manager is that there could be further blows from here.<\/p>\n

Express Sport looks at how this nightmare can continue right until September 1\u2026<\/p>\n

Isak gets his \u00a3120million move<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a>\u2019s initial bid for Swedish star Isak, worth a potential \u00a3120m, was turned down by\u00a0Newcastle<\/a>. The club have insisted they want a massive \u00a3150m for their key man, which would make him the third most expensive footballer in history.<\/p>\n

Now the North East club are between a rock and a hard place. Isak\u2019s behaviour has made a potential reintegration into the first-team squad almost inconceivable, and no sale could mean a disgruntled, unavailable star sitting on the books, picking up wages for nothing.<\/p>\n

Fans fear this scenario, but Newcastle<\/a> cutting losses and renegotiating a lower fee than wanted with Liverpool<\/a> could soon be inevitable.<\/p>\n

Wissa snared by Spurs<\/p>\n

The news that Brentford have reached a deal to sign winger Dango Ouattara<\/a> from Bournemouth has seemingly paved the way for Yoane Wissa to finally leave. Newcastle<\/a> have already had one bid to sign him rejected this summer, and remain clear favourites for his signature.<\/p>\n

And yet, as with Ekitike and Sesko, we\u2019ve heard that script before this summer. It’s worth noting that Tottenham<\/a> not only has Wissa\u2019s former manager, Thomas Frank, on board but also considerable funds from the failed Morgan Gibbs-White deal.<\/p>\n

Spurs making a last-ditch effort to scupper Newcastle<\/a> wouldn\u2019t even be devastating for Newcastle<\/a> fans anymore. It would just be deja vu.<\/p>\n

Ending August in the drop zone<\/p>\n

When you\u2019ve had a wretched summer and remain desperate for signings, you probably don\u2019t want to be starting with a trip to Villa Park before facing champions Liverpool<\/a>. Lose both, and fan discontent over transfers will become anger over results.<\/p>\n

That would leave Howe\u2019s side facing a potentially crunch trip to newly promoted Leeds before the window closes. Getting last-minute deals over the line will be hard enough for club chiefs, and yet, it will be even harder if you\u2019re sat in the bottom three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A first major domestic trophy since 1955, Champions League qualification, and a fan base rejoicing. If the 2024\/25…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[12033,64,63,12018,596,24936,56489,19330,85],"class_list":["post-72199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alexander-isak","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-eddie-howe","tag-football","tag-newcastle-transfer-news","tag-newcastle-transfer-window","tag-newcastle-united-fc","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199","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=72199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}