Alexander Isak is not part of the Newcastle team to combat Aston Villa under the opening weekend of the Premier League season, while an ever -ugly transferga
Alexander Isak is confirmed in the Newcastle United team to see Aston Villa opposite during lunch, while the largest transfersaga of the summer enters a new and ugly chapter with the Center-Forward that is now being fined.
Sweden Spits Isak refuses to play in front of the tone while trying to force a movement from St James' park and to reign Liverpool to reigning Premier League champions. The Reds have had one bid for Isak rejected and it remains unclear whether they will return with an improved offer before the deadline at 7 p.m. on 1 September.
But that is not to stop Isak from digging in his heels while he tries to extract himself from a club where he was previously on the hero status CUSP.
He has left on his contract for three years and continued to receive his £ 140,000 a week, even though he does not even train with his teammates in recent weeks. Isak only continues to work on the club's training field and even moved from his home on Tyneside.
Instead, Anthony Gordon will lead the line for Newcastle, while Anthony Elanga makes his debut after a £ 55 million move from Nottingham Forest and other newcomers Malik Thiaw and Aaron Ramsdale are sitting on the couch.
Villa, meanwhile, has Marco Bizot, a summer signature by Brest, in the goal called EMI Martinez who serves a ban on one match as a new striker Evann Guessand, an arrival of £ 26 million from Rennes, starts on the bank.
But Isak's non-involvement in Villa Park will be fined, according to reports, in which Eddie Howe admits yesterday that the impasse has disturbed the harmony in his team during the preseason.
“I think it was certainly struck for morals early during the preseason,” he said prior to the trip to Villa. “There was nothing I could do to influence that – it would always be there.
“If you have a player who is so good who is not part of your group, it is difficult for the players to fully understand and know what is going on and how to respond.
“But as time passes, there has been an acceptance that this is the team and we have to get the best out of the situation. That has always been my line of thought.
“In whatever situation you are, you have to find a way and you can only determine what you can control. We have improved and I have to say that the atmosphere of the group has been very good in recent weeks.”
Aston Villa: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, Onana, McGinn, Tielemans, Rogers, Watkins.
Subs: Torres, Measures, Bogarde, Buendia, Malen, Jimoh-Alboba, Iling-Junior, Guessand, Wright
Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Tonali, Joelinton, Guimaraes, Barnes, Gordon, Elanga.
Subs: Hall, Botman, Thiaw, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Seung-Sooo, Miley, Ramsdale