Newcastle -legend Alan Shearer has encouraged the club to continue from Alexander Isak with the future of the striker still in the air.
The Swedish striker remains a target for Premier League champions Liverpool, in which the club prepared a new approach after their first official offer was rejected this weekend.
Isak did not play a role in the preparations for the magpies for the season after he eliminated himself with a thigh injury and only spent last week in his former club Real Sociedad.
On Monday, Isak returned to the Newcastle training field with reports that suggest that he will meet Eddie Howe to discuss his future.
About the rest is football, the Premier League record goal scorer praised the contributions of Isak during his time in St James' Park, but insisted that the club had to be ready to continue without him.
“I'm not angry at all,” said Shearer.
'Do I like it? Do I understand? Probably two different things. But I know what football is about and I know how it works.
“Liverpool has been clearly in him or his means. I just thought it could have happened next year.
'And if it is really impossible for Eddie to reverse him and he says' no' and it sounds like that is the case: 'I want to be gone now' you get your big money for him and then you continue.
'Like I said, no one is bigger than a football club and if he doesn't want to be there, fine, get what you can and get him out and thank you very much for the memories. You go out. '
Howe is forced to tackle this summer with multiple transfer headache, in addition to the uncertainty surrounding the future of Isak.
The club was connected to people like Liam Delap, Bryan Mbeumo and Hugo Ekitike, but eventually all watched three at their Premier League rivals.
England International James Trafford was also on the radar of the club before Manchester City again signed their graduated academy.
Shearer thought about the gloomy summer so far: “I think it was a disastrous window for Newcastle so far.”