{"id":59640,"date":"2025-09-12T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/59640\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:09:11","slug":"eddie-howe-reveals-when-alexander-isak-relationship-first-became-difficult-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/59640\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Howe reveals when Alexander Isak relationship first became “difficult” – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle<\/a> boss Eddie Howe has admitted his relationship with Alexander Isak<\/a> became \u201cdifficult\u201d after he went on strike in an attempt to force through his move to Liverpool.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Sweden international missed the club\u2019s pre-season tour to Singapore and South Korea and was left training by himself on the squad\u2019s return before eventually getting his wish with a deadline day move to Anfield which netted the Magpies \u00a3130 million.<\/p>\n

Asked about his relationship with the man he signed from Real Sociedad for \u00a363 million during the summer of 2022, head coach Howe said: \u201cAlex and I always enjoyed a great relationship. I loved working with him and I hope he loved working with us.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was mutually beneficial. We helped him become the player that he in part is today, and he helped us as a team achieve some unbelievable milestones. He was part of a very successful team.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut to give you a bit more on that, the moment he went on strike, our relationship did change. I think that was probably a turning point in our relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunication became difficult from that point onwards. I won\u2019t go into any more detail than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isak\u2019s departure prompted Newcastle<\/a> to invest \u00a369 million in VfL Stuttgart\u2019s Nick Woltemade and sign Brentford<\/a>\u2018s Yoane Wissa, who cost them \u00a355 million, and the former could make his debut against Wolves<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

However, Wissa will not be involved after returning from international duty with DR Congo with a knee injury which could also rule him out of Thursday night\u2019s Champions League<\/a> opener against Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked if the 29-year-old would be available for the Premier League<\/a> fixture, Howe said: \u201cUnfortunately not, no, so he won\u2019t make this game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw him for the first time yesterday, he\u2019s feeling the effects of the injury he sustained just before he came off, so we\u2019re going to have to see how he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked further about the severity of Wissa\u2019s problem, Howe added: \u201cI don\u2019t know currently as I sit here. I think he\u2019ll go away for tests and maybe see a specialist to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Nick<\/p>\n

Woltemade could get his first taste of St James\u2019 Park on Saturday, and Howe has called for patience as the 23-year-old Germany international attempts to plug a sizeable gap.<\/p>\n

Howe said: \u201cI think it would have been impossible to have replaced Alex like-for-like. There\u2019s no other player like Alex, he was totally unique.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had his qualities and I think it\u2019s important we don\u2019t compare whoever we bring in to Alex, because I think that\u2019s very difficult to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think each player that comes in is an individual in their own right and has their own strengths and weaknesses. There will be a process where we have to mould ourselves to them, and vice-versa.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wissa\u2019s absence, coupled with that of fellow summer arrival Jacob Ramsey, who will be sidelined until after the October international break with an ankle injury, represents a significant blow to Howe, who is already without the suspended Anthony Gordon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has admitted his relationship with Alexander Isak became \u201cdifficult\u201d after he went on strike…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,560,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-59640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-liverpool-fc","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}