Newcastle<\/a> striker Alexander Isak<\/a> was told he must train away from the Newcastle squad as uncertainty over his future continues.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old Sweden<\/a> international was told to report for training on Wednesday but only after the rest of the squad had left.<\/p>\n Isak did not travel with his team-mates on their pre-season trip to Singapore<\/a> and South Korea<\/a>, ostensibly because of a minor thigh injury, after Liverpool<\/a>, who subsequently tabled a \u00a3110million bid for him, let it be known they remained interested in acquiring his services.<\/p>\n The forward, who later informed the club he wanted to explore his options this summer, instead flew to Spain<\/a> to train at former club Real Sociedad<\/a> and returned to Tyneside<\/a> at the weekend, shortly before head coach Eddie Howe<\/a> and his squad landed back from Seoul<\/a> and were given two days off.<\/p>\n The players were back at the training ground on Wednesday morning and their families were invited to join them after training.<\/p>\n However, it is understood Isak, who reported back to the club\u2019s Benton base on Monday, was told not to come in until after they had left.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Alexander Isak (right) did not train with his Newcastle team-mates on Wednesday morning (Owen Humphreys\/PA)<\/p>\n The \u00a363million frontman has been a huge hit since his arrival from Sociedad during the summer of 2022 and played a key role last season as they ended their 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy with the Carabao Cup<\/a> and qualified for the Champions League<\/a> for the second time in three seasons.<\/p>\n However questioned about his absence in South Korea, Howe signalled that his actions might have repercussions.<\/p>\n The 47-year-old told reporters: \u201cYou have to earn the right to train with us. We are Newcastle United.<\/p>\n \u201cThe player has a responsibility here to be part of a team and part of a squad \u2013 you have to act in the right way. So that is also at play here.<\/p>\n \u201cWe will make sure that any player earns the right to train with the group. No player can expect to act poorly and train with the group as normal.\u201d<\/p>\n Isak is understood to have undergone treatment and light training at a deserted training ground on Monday and it remains to be seen whether he will have any involvement in the club\u2019s pre-season fixtures against Espanyol<\/a> and Atletico Madrid this weekend.<\/p>\n The striker faces clear-the-air talks with Howe, with his situation becoming seemingly more complicated by the day as a difficult transfer window threatens to spiral further out of control.<\/p>\n Newcastle tabled an improved club record bid for RB Leipzig<\/a>\u2019s Benjamin Sesko on Monday in an effort to beat Manchester United to the punch, but developments since suggest the 22-year-old is more likely to head for Old Trafford than St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Newcastle made an improved bid for RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko but the forward looks more likely to join Manchester United (PA Archive)<\/p>\n That would represent the latest blow in a transfer window which has already seen the Magpies<\/a> miss out on major targets Dean Huijsen, Bryan Mbeumo, Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro, James Trafford and Liam Delap.<\/p>\n They have managed to recruit Nottingham Forest wide man Anthony Elanga and, on loan, Southampton<\/a> goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale<\/a>, but with frontman Callum Wilson<\/a> and midfielder Sean Longstaff<\/a> having left, there is significant work to be done, with the start of the new season just 10 days away.<\/p>\n Howe was already looking for a striker before the Isak situation came to a head and, with three years remaining on the Swede\u2019s current deal \u2013 he has so far resisted the club\u2019s overtures to sign a new contract \u2013 there seems to be little prospect of the club allowing him to leave either before they have secured a replacement or for much less than their \u00a3150m valuation, having already rebuffed Liverpool\u2019s initial approach.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, sources on Tyneside have played down suggestions that Newcastle have tabled a bid for AC Milan defender Malick Thiaw, but it is understood they are maintaining an interest in the Germany international.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-322942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114982768438508503","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/36c4ae58d15f167c6f0a013f21a2a7e2Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU0NTY5ODE3-2.79874271.jpg\")
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