6 days ago
'Losing Isak without a replacement ready would be catastrophic'
Increasingly I feel like we, as Newcastle fans, are not allowed nice things. Ten days ago I wrote about how excited I was about having tw- class players (Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike) playing up days might as well be a lifetime when the transfer window is open. Ekitike went to Liverpool and then news broke on Thursday that Alexander Isak would like to explore a move is bad news. Newcastle do not have a back-up striker. Isak was our top goalscorer last season, and that was playing through slight the start of the window it seemed so exciting that we might get new players to help unlock Isak's potential. Now we might start the season without a no mistake: losing Isak without a replacement ready would be catastrophic for Newcastle United. The club is now exploring a move for RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko, but I don't think it is controversial to say it is going to be very difficult to progress in the Champions League without a striker in the we allow Isak to move on, and we get an astronomical fee for him, we need to reinvest immediately.I would prefer we do this business sooner rather than later. If the player is unhappy and wants to move on, then we should make a decision and stick to it - and if the decision is to sell then we need to spend the money almost the instant it comes the other hand, if we are going to keep Isak, the club needs to do some work to make sure he is happy here. We need to give him more money, and we need to bring in other players to support a fan, my main ask is that we end all this speculation and get back to focusing on the upcoming more from Charlotte Robson at the True Faith: Newcastle United Podcast, external