{"id":164943,"date":"2025-09-18T07:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/164943\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:18:11","slug":"rafael-benitez-shares-what-newcastle-united-people-have-told-him-about-alexander-isak-to-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/164943\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Benitez shares what ‘Newcastle United people’ have told him about Alexander Isak to Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool secured Alexander Isak\u2019s signature on transfer deadline day after a serious transfer saga with Newcastle United.<\/p>\n

Wednesday night saw Alexander Isak<\/a> make his Liverpool debut, more than a fortnight since finally arriving at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Weeks of speculation finally came to an end as Isak joined Liverpool<\/a> in a \u00a3125million move from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day.<\/p>\n

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The international break delayed Isak\u2019s Liverpool debut, before Arne Slot left him out against Burnley.<\/p>\n

Liverpool didn\u2019t want to rush Isak into action, but named him in the starting XI to face Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Liverpool FC\/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesRafael Benitez on Newcastle United reaction to Alexander Isak\u2019s Liverpool move<\/p>\n

Isak impressed alongside Florian Wirtz<\/a> in the Liverpool side, and he tested Jan Oblak with a couple of efforts as Liverpool beat Atletico 3-2 at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk\u2019s winner handed Liverpool the victory, after the Reds squandered a 2-0 lead against the La Liga side.<\/p>\n

Before the game, former Liverpool and Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez<\/a> spoke to TNT Sports<\/a> (17\/09, 7:15pm) about Isak\u2019s move to Anfield.<\/p>\n

Benitez claimed to have spoken to \u2018Newcastle people\u2019, which presumably means staff inside St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

Benitez suggested that Isak is already being missed at Newcastle, praising his style of play in the process.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard believes that Isak will be a \u2018great signing\u2019 for the Reds, but thinks Newcastle will seriously miss his impact in attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you a secret; talking with Newcastle United people, they say they are missing him, because he was doing so well, he adapted to the style, to the game, he\u2019s clever, he can play in the middle but go wide, the runs in behind\u2026 I think he will be a great signing for Liverpool and a big miss for Newcastle United,\u201d said Benitez.<\/p>\n

Mixed fortunes for Newcastle United attackers after Alexander Isak exit<\/p>\n

Any team would miss a striker of Isak\u2019s quality, and it was no surprise to see him catch the eye against Atletico.<\/p>\n

Newcastle are now looking towards new attacking heroes, but Eddie Howe\u2019s new forwards are enduring mixed fortunes.<\/p>\n

Yoane Wissa joined Newcastle from Brentford<\/a> but picked up an injury on international duty with DR Congo, meaning he won\u2019t play until October at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Nick Woltemade also joined Newcastle<\/a>, completing a big-money move from Bundesliga side Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

Woltemade scored the winner on his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, using his huge frame to head the ball home at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n

Wissa\u2019s Newcastle career is off to a rocky start, but Woltemade will look to continue his instant impact against Barcelona on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool secured Alexander Isak\u2019s signature on transfer deadline day after a serious transfer saga with Newcastle United. Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[18765,3339,3450,403,99],"class_list":["post-164943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alexander-isak","tag-english-premier-league","tag-liverpool","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}