{"id":41280,"date":"2025-08-03T17:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41280\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T17:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T17:01:14","slug":"alexander-isak-back-training-at-newcastle-amid-uncertain-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/41280\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak back training at Newcastle amid uncertain future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Isak has returned<\/a> to Newcastle United<\/a>\u2019s training ground after spending time working alone at his former club Real Sociedad\u2019s Zubieta base, catching Magpies head coach Eddie Howe by surprise.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Sweden international escaped a self-imposed reclusion in Tyneside to train independently in Spain, making it quite obvious that he\u2019s not injured\u2014he flew to Spain to train on his own\u2014while Newcastle\u2019s squad continued their pre-season tour in Asia. <\/p>\n

Isak\u2019s now back in the UK ahead of the club\u2019s final preseason fixtures and the start of the Premier League campaign later this month, although he might never put on the black and white stripes again.<\/p>\n

Isak\u2019s return follows Newcastle\u2019s rejection of Liverpool<\/a>\u2019s \u00a3110million offer for the striker, but the Reds are expected to return with an improved offer once the Magpies sign Isak\u2019s replacement\u2014whether that\u2019s RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko or Brentford\u2019s Yoane Wissa. <\/p>\n

Despite the transfer saga and Isak\u2019s clear-cut interest in leaving, the club has continued to publicly support him, or at least not bash him publicly to protect the relationship and eventually\u2014in a miraculous-looking development\u2014welcome him back to the squad.<\/p>\n

Speaking from Seoul on Saturday, Howe admitted he learned about Isak\u2019s whereabouts through the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know where he is, really, through the media,\u201d Howe said. \u201cFrom that perspective, it\u2019s difficult for me to go into any kind of detail. The situation is far from ideal and is quite complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newcastle still believe they can retain Isak and have reportedly offered a contract extension with a potential release clause for next summer, but it\u2019s unclear if that offer was the one already rejected by Isak and his camp, or if this is a new proposal presented by NUFC.<\/p>\n

Isak has three years left on his current deal, but he\u2019s making it tough for Newcastle to hold onto him that long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak has returned to Newcastle United\u2019s training ground after spending time working alone at his former club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[23759,23760,1841,5349,2380,218,448,6717,2294,6391,2059,23762,101,438,56,23761,54,55],"class_list":["post-41280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-alexander","tag-amid","tag-at","tag-back","tag-coming","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-future","tag-home","tag-isak","tag-newcastle","tag-newcastle-united-team-news","tag-sports","tag-training","tag-uk","tag-uncertain","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41280","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=41280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}