Newcastle United<\/a> board do not want to sell the 25-year-old and neither does Eddie Howe.<\/p>\n“We do share a really good relationship with him; he\u2019s been magnificent for us,” Howe said of Isak on Saturday morning, speaking from Singapore.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s very popular in the dressing room. We\u2019d love him to continue his journey at Newcastle.”<\/p>\n
Let’s park the Isak situation for a second. Even if the Swede stays put, United still have big work to do in the market before its closure next month.<\/p>\n
Before the striker’s situation exploded into the news this week, the Magpies were already on the hunt for additional firepower following Callum Wilson’s exit.<\/p>\n
Newcastle have switched their attention to a deal for Brentford’s Yoane Wissa but, as it stands, a price is yet to be agreed. Meanwhile, moves for Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro, Liam Delap and Matheus Cunha have all fallen flat.<\/p>\n
Enquiries and bids have also been made at the opposite end of the pitch, with exciting goalkeeper and centre-back talent still high on the agenda.<\/p>\n
It was a familiar story on that front this week, with Burnley’s James Trafford choosing a move to Manchester City despite long-running interest from Tyneside. Whether Newcastle restart their search for a fresh face in the goalkeeping department remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
Howe still has five senior stoppers on the books and has included under-21 talent Max Thompson as part of the club’s trip to Singapore and South Korea this month.<\/p>\n
There is still a grand desire to find a long-term partner for Sven Botman as a priority. Scouts have been casting their eye across Europe, taking a close look at Giorgio Scalvini, Edward Tapsoba and Ousmane Diomande on the continent.<\/p>\n
To add to the task at hand, Sean Longstaff’s Leeds United switch has opened up a vacant squad space in the middle of the park. Should Alfie Harrison, Travis Hernes or another young gun fail to take their chance this summer, calls will grow for a midfield addition to be drafted in before the summer ends.<\/p>\n
A striker to replace Wilson, a shiny new goalkeeping option, a young prospect at centre-back and possibly a new senior midfield addition; All that before even thinking about Isak’s exit. Not an easy task for a football club who are currently without a sporting director.<\/p>\n
With only Anthony Elanga through the door this summer, Newcastle need a change in fortune. Howe can only continue to spin miracles for so long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Howe and Newcastle United are desperate for new recruits as work continues behind the scenes After a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1953,218,2806,2998,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-25334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alexander-isak","tag-football","tag-newcastle-united-fc","tag-newcastle-united-fc-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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