Alexander Isak has continued to push to the starting door in Newcastle with the time to seal his departure, because Wayne Rooney warns that he might not have a way back in St James' Park
Alexander Isak was told by Wayne Rooney that the Newcastle players “would not want him back” after he has taken all the stops to try to force his exit and to secure a move to Liverpool.
The Swede has tried to get himself out of the Park of St James in the last three weeks, but the Magpies have still held and refuse an offer worth £ 110 million from the Reds. Isak is frustrated and has quoted “broken promises” of those on Tyneside.
He thought he could leave when a club of Liverpool's status came in, but Newcastle refused to entertain his exit. While Isak has claimed that he will no longer play for the club and stay absent in the training.
His newest big stunt came on Tuesday evening when he issued a statement and criticized the club. Newcastle started their season without Isak when they pulled 0-0 in Aston Villa, where Anthony Gordon had to lead the line with the Swede nowhere to see.
The magpies have responded to the fiery statement of Isak and claimed that he “remains and will be welcomed when he is ready to join his teammates”, but Rooney does not believe that the current players could willingly put his actions behind him.
He said on his new podcast: “For me I don't think there is a way back for Isak in Newcastle. I think there are cases where it can happen, but I don't think I could accept them back as a person. In terms of the teammates of Isak I would not want him back.
“You can ask to leave a football club – that happens, or the club tells you that you are leaving – but you have to be professional. You have friends with whom you play with, you have fans who pay a lot of money to support and you can't just walk on it. And if they do it once, they will do it again.”
Isak has spent the past three years in Newcastle, making them a Champions League outfit while sawing his own shares. The Swede is now being viewed at the best strikers in the world and helped the Magpies claim to claim a first trophy in 70 years in the previous term.
They made it clear that they don't want to lose him. Their desire to keep him has also been promoted by the difficulties they have encountered to get players through the door. They moved to Benjamin Sesko, but were beaten by Manchester United, and they continue to fail in their pursuit of Yoane Wissa from Brentford.