Alexander Isak training alone at former club as Newcastle star desperately hopes to seal £120million Liverpool transfer

The Sun

5 days ago

ALEXANDER ISAK is training alone at his former club after telling Newcastle he wants to leave.
The Swedish ace, 25, informed the Magpies of his desire to quit last week, with Liverpool the frontrunners to land him.
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Isak did not travel to Singapore with the rest of the Toon squad to focus on his recovery following a minor thigh injury.
But the striker has since been seen training alone at the club that sold him to Newcastle, Real Sociedad.
Reports in Spain revealed Isak was training in the Basque country.
However, Sky Sports adds he has not gone AWOL as Newcastle chiefs are aware of his whereabouts.
Earlier this week, it was reported Isak had reached a verbal agreement with Liverpool after the Premier League champions offered him a deal to more than double his £130,000-a-week wages on Tyneside.
- combined with a strong PSR position from minimal spending last summer - has given Liverpool chiefs a strong enough base from which to prepare an offer for Isak.
It is understood Toon will only sell their star man for a Premier League record deal of £150m.
However, Liverpool believe they can chip the deal down to a more palatable £120m - which would still be a Prem record.
Should the two clubs reach an agreement, Newcastle will immediately look to recruit one or two new strikers to replace the output - 27 goals and six assists in all competitions last season - lost from Isak's departure.
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe gives update on Alexander Isak's Liverpool transfer
In the event Isak is sold, Real Sociedad are set to make a tidy sum from the deal thanks to a reported 10 per cent sell-on clause which could bank them around £8.5m.
Benjamin Sesko was said to be one target, but the 22-year-old is also a target for Manchester United, while the Red Devils' own Rasmus Hojlund is now under consideration by St James' Park bosses.
Elsewhere, Ollie Watkins could be available for around £40m, while the likes of Chelsea 's Nicolas Jackson and Brentford 's Yoane Wissa are also on the market - the latter now being unsettled following a rejected offer by Nottingham Forest.
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