This week, Isak went public with his desire to leave Newcastle<\/a>, revealing on Instagram that the Premier League club have broken a promise to him.<\/p>\n While the Magpies refuted the suggestion in a public statement, they maintained that manager Eddie Howe would welcome him back in the team.<\/p>\n Sources have told TEAMtalk that Liverpool are planning an imminent bid of \u00a3130m (\u20ac150m, $176m) for Isak<\/a>, even though Newcastle are said to value the striker at \u00a3150m (\u20ac173m, $203m).<\/p>\n The Liverpool Echo\u2019s Chief Liverpool FC Writer, Ian Doyle, though, has claimed that there are signs that Newcastle\u2019s stance on Isak is softening, adding that the deal could be sealed for \u00a3130m (\u20ac150m, $176m).<\/p>\n Doyle told The Liverpool Echo<\/a>: \u201cEvery club has a contingency plan. But there is a nagging suspicion Liverpool are intent on signing Alexander Isak and won\u2019t settle for anyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether that\u2019s a wise move will become more apparent over the next nine days. Intriguingly, there could be parallels to the Virgil van Dijk situation if Isak doesn\u2019t arrive this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the expected move for Van Dijk before the 2017\/18 season was thwarted by Southampton, there were relentless calls for Liverpool to sign another centre-back.<\/p>\n \u201cThe club resisted, and sure enough the Holland international was in situ less than six months later.<\/p>\n \u201cIsak looks like he will come to Anfield\u00a0sooner rather than later, and there have certainly been signs of Newcastle\u2019s resolve weakening in recent days.<\/p>\n \u201cMight a \u00a3130million deal sort it? It wouldn\u2019t be a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n DIVE DEEPER\u00a0<\/strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Liverpool XI after dream end to summer transfer window with \u00a3190m signing blitz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n No Alexander Isak plan B for Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Doyle, Liverpool manager Slot and sporting director Hughes do not have a Plan B if they fail in their quest to sign Isak from Premier League rivals Newcastle before the summer transfer window closes on September 1.<\/p>\n Doyle noted: \u201cLiverpool undoubtedly remain short in attack but the current alternatives aren\u2019t massively appealing.<\/p>\n \u201cTalk of Rodrygo of Real Madrid appears agent-driven and his reported financial package wouldn\u2019t make much sense for the Reds.<\/p>\n \u201cJulian Alvarez of Atletico Madrid is another name but the suggestion is he left Manchester City because he couldn\u2019t settle in England and the North West in particular.<\/p>\n \u201cShould Isak not move to Liverpool before the September 1 deadline, it may be that the Reds try again in the New Year and continue for the first half of the season with their current attacking options.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if there is no Plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n Liverpool will return to action on Monday night when they take on Newcastle United away from home at St. James\u2019 Park in the Premier League.<\/p>\n Ahead of the match, Newcastle boss Howe has said that Isak will not feature for the Magpies, reiterating that he wants the striker to stay.<\/p>\n Howe said: \u201cThe club has to act in the best interests of Newcastle United. It will do that in every situation.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is a lose\/lose situation to a degree for us because I don\u2019t think we can come out of this winning in any situation.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that\u2019s why I\u2019ve said all summer it\u2019s a difficult situation for the club to manage.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love Alex in the sense of what he\u2019s done for the football club since he\u2019s been here, what he\u2019s contributed, what he\u2019s given, how professional he\u2019s been.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has just been an unfortunate few months. It looks like it is coming to an end, or it will come to an end pretty quickly and then we can focus on the football again.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has been no change. No, he won\u2019t be part of the squad for this weekend\u2019s game.<\/p>\n \u201cMy preference for these things is it doesn\u2019t happen publicly because I think everything is better dealt with behind closed doors.<\/p>\n \u201cBut needs must and this situation the club has spoken, and probably justifiably so in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n The Newcastle boss continued: \u201cYeah, of course (I still hope he can be reintegrated into the squad). He\u2019s contracted to us, he\u2019s our player.<\/p>\n \u201cMy wish is that he would be playing on Monday night with us. But he won\u2019t be and that is regrettable at this moment. But 100%, I want to see him back in a Newcastle shirt.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s probably a conversation for another day (how do you integrate Isak). At the moment, that is not an option for us.<\/p>\n \u201cRather than talk hypotheticals, I\u2019d rather talk when we get there, when we get to that point.<\/p>\n \u201cThen of course we\u2019ll enter that phase and see what we need to do to try and get the best for Alex, get the best for the team, which is always the priority.<\/p>\n \u201cBut until that point, I think we\u2019re best focusing on the players we have available for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n Latest Liverpool news: \u00a367m star to stay, Man City competition<\/strong><\/p>\n Liverpool are very unlikely to sanction a deal for their \u00a367million star<\/a>, despite speculation that he is \u2018tempted\u2019 to leave Anfield and make the move to the Saudi Pro League before the summer transfer window closes.<\/p>\n
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