{"id":125384,"date":"2025-08-07T04:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125384\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:15:11","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.europesays.com\/us\/125384\/","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><strong>TBR Football can exclusively confirm the latest developments around Alexander Isak amid Liverpool\u2019s interest in the Newcastle United striker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-liverpool-intend-to-respond-after-newcastle-reject-their-record-breaking-alexander-isak-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool recently made an opening bid for Isak<\/a>, which was swiftly rejected by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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><strong>TBR Football <\/strong>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.europesays.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><strong>TBR Football <\/strong>chief correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/graeme-bailey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graeme Bailey<\/a> has confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/alexander-isak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/nicolas-jackson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ollie-watkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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\">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 <strong>TBR Football<\/strong>.<\/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":3,"featured_media":125385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[3678,6649,47337,16863,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-125384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-english-premier-league","10":"tag-graeme-bailey","11":"tag-newcastle-united","12":"tag-soccer","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114985548191544027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}