Newcastle -striker Alexander Isak remains banned from training in addition to his Magpies colleagues in the midst of interest from Liverpool and Eddie Howe has now offered a new update
Eddie Howe claims that he is over Newcastle in the dark and the star striker Alexander Isak says that he should stay in the club. The Swedish attacker is the core of a large row of his future in the midst of interest from Liverpool.
The Reds have already had an offer of more than £ 100 million rejected by the Premier League rivals. This led to Isak to have submitted a request to leave the club before the end of the window, while he still has to be reunited with his teammates.
Newcastle is said to have taken a hard attitude about the future of Isak. Reports earlier this week claimed that they told the 25-year-old that he will not go anywhere this summer, a decision that has 'smoking' him.
In the meantime, they also told him that he will not play for the club until he understands his future lies in the northeast. When asked about those claims, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe claimed that the non-sales attitude was not led by him.
Speaking after the pre-season friendly collision with Atletico Madrid said how: “No, that's not something I am aware of. I am not a party to all the discussions, but I have no knowledge of that.”
The last comments from Howe come shortly after his previous update, where he claimed that he could not involve Isak while the transfer was afurore. He said: “We have had discussions and it is clear that we cannot involve him in the group. I don't know how long that will be. It is clear that I cannot involve him at the moment.
“He trains later than the rest of the team. There have been discussions since the Tour. I don't think disciplinary action happened.
“He is here, so of course he has a future in Newcastle. From our perspective we would like him back to the team, but the situation must be good to make that happen.”
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Newcastle will start their newest Premier League campaign against Aston Villa next weekend, a match that is missing Isak – a fact that is not lost on Howe.
Asked if the striker could possibly play, Howe replied: “I want Alex to play today. I want him to train tomorrow. We want the player to be with us, let me make that absolutely clear.
“There is no part of me that that result does not want. But I don't see the current situation changing for Aston Villa.”