{"id":64711,"date":"2025-08-07T08:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64711\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:54:20","slug":"what-alexander-isaks-camp-is-saying-about-his-newcastle-training-exile-as-magpies-work-on-several-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64711\/","title":{"rendered":"What Alexander Isak&#8217;s camp is saying about his Newcastle training exile as Magpies work on several alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TBR Football can exclusively confirm the latest developments around Alexander Isak amid Liverpool\u2019s interest in the Newcastle United striker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-liverpool-intend-to-respond-after-newcastle-reject-their-record-breaking-alexander-isak-bid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool recently made an opening bid for Isak<\/a>, which was swiftly rejected by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/newcastle-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a>, and a stand-off has ensued between Isak and the Magpies.<\/p>\n<p>There have been reports claiming Isak was ordered to train separately from his Newcastle teammates on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football can also confirm who Newcastle are looking at to replace Isak if he does leave St James\u2019 Park this summer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2217024380-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak in action for Newcastle vs Everton\" class=\"wp-image-961205\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty ImagesNewcastle keen on Nicolas Jackson and Ollie Watkins<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football chief correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/graeme-bailey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graeme Bailey<\/a> has confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/alexander-isak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Isak<\/a> has indeed been told to train on his own at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>However, Isak\u2019s people are also saying he is not looking to train with the first-team at this point, as he sees his future away from the club.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/nicolas-jackson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/aston-villa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ollie-watkins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ollie Watkins<\/a> remain firmly in Eddie Howe\u2019s thoughts as targets.<\/p>\n<p>Both are a similar price but, as we know, Aston Villa are also looking at Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/pundit-says-newcastle-could-miss-out-on-another-player-after-benjamin-sesko-liverpool-could-get-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pundit says Newcastle could miss out on another player after Benjamin Sesko, Liverpool could get him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other strikers on Newcastle radar<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Lois Openda, Samu Aghehowa, Evanilson and Rodrigo Muniz are also in the picture.<\/p>\n<p>Openda plies his trade for RB Leipzig, while Samu has been impressing for Porto.<\/p>\n<p>Fans will likely be more familiar with Evanilson and Muniz, who play for Bournemouth and Fulham respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewcastle are working on the striker situation,\u201d Bailey exclusively told TBR Football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey already know the market. They are not going back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJackson and Watkins are appreciated by Howe. He likes those two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also the likes of Openda, Samu and could we see Evanilson or Muniz be in the conversation? They have been mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are assessing it but I am told they are holding talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club know Isak still wants out and they are working on replacing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf and when Wissa arrives, he is seen at the Callum Wilson replacement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football can exclusively confirm the latest developments around Alexander Isak amid Liverpool\u2019s interest in the Newcastle United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[18765,3339,3340,9870,403,99],"class_list":["post-64711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-alexander-isak","tag-english-premier-league","tag-graeme-bailey","tag-newcastle-united","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64711","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=64711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}