{"id":407072,"date":"2025-09-08T05:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407072\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:45:21","slug":"isak-worries-raised-internally-amid-expert-verdict-newcastle-star-reveals-final-whatsapp-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/407072\/","title":{"rendered":"Isak &#8216;worries raised&#8217; internally amid &#8216;expert&#8217; verdict; Newcastle star reveals final WhatsApp &#8216;message&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Liverpool internally \u2018raised worries\u2019 about Alexander Isak before signing the Newcastle United star on deadline day.<\/p>\n<p>Isak secured his dream move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>on deadline day, with Newcastle United settling on a British record deal worth around \u00a3125m for their prized asset.<\/p>\n<p>The world-class striker was intent on leaving Newcastle throughout the summer window as he butted heads with Newcastle over alleged \u201cbroken promises\u201d and spat his dummy out in pursuit of an exit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/alexander-isak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Isak<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s poor conduct worked in his favour as Newcastle opened the door to selling the striker, with Nick Woltemade and Yoana Wissa signed to fill the void.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old cemented himself as one of the best strikers in the world last season, scoring 27 goals in 42 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/mailbox-newcastle-mugged-liverpool-isak-fire-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Newcastle \u2018mugged Liverpool blind\u2019 and Alexander Isak \u2018needs to fire his agent\u2019<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isak should be a sure-fire hit at Anfield due to his excellent Premier League record, though he has been questioned over his injury record in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool newbie has missed 28 Premier League games over the past three seasons and a report from The Sunday Mirror claims the club \u2018called in\u2019 a sports science \u2018expert\u2019 to alleviate \u2018worries\u2019 about his injury record before sanctioning his record move to Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>It is claimed that following a \u2018thorough investigation into Isak\u2019s injuries\u2019, the expert is said to have \u2018approved\u2019 the singing and\u00a0 \u2018assured manager Arne Slot and his coaching staff that they are confident of enhancing his playing record\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether this will be the case, but he has received support from some Newcastle players since leaving the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-adamant-final-guehi-decision-u-turn-new-priority-destination-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Liverpool \u2018adamant\u2019 on final Guehi decision amid U-turn with new \u2018priority destination\u2019 revealed<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-arsenal-city-kylian-mbappe-shock-pl-title-prediction-crucial-factor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool or Arsenal? Kylian Mbappe drops verdict on PL title race as \u2018crucial factor\u2019 raised<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/newcastle-huge-frustration-isak-sale-liverpool-how-team-mates-really-reacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Howe reveals \u2018huge frustration\u2019 over Isak sale to Liverpool; explains how Newcastle stars really reacted<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle and England star Dan Burn has confirmed that Isak received some messages from the squad after the striker \u201cput a message in the chat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe put a message in the chat just saying that he was leaving, and thanks for the memories,\u201d Burn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that sort of stuff, and the lads replied. But as I said, I think Alex is getting what he wants, and now we\u2019ve just got to focus and do what we can with the players that we\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burn added: \u201cI\u2019m glad it\u2019s done, we wanted the transfer window to close just to have clarity,\u2019 Burn said. \u2018Alex is my mate at the end of the day, so it was a tough situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m glad that we\u2019re getting a good return on a player that we\u2019ve had, and he\u2019s getting the move that he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brought us closer [as a squad], really. I think it can be frustrating at times, because everything was so positive last season, so that took a little bit of a shine off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m not silly, I\u2019ve been around football a long time now, and people have short careers, and they want to max out absolutely everything they can, so there\u2019s no hard feelings from me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Liverpool internally \u2018raised worries\u2019 about Alexander Isak before signing the Newcastle United star on deadline&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9261,748,393,4884,225,179,3047,12,1144,101,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-407072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-newcastle-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-northern-ireland","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-scotland","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115167096070037899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407072","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=407072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}