Eddie Howe concedes that Newcastle United face a “lose-lose state of affairs” no matter what occurs with Alexander Isak, who is not going to be concerned in opposition to Liverpool, the membership the striker needs to affix, on Monday.
Isak has been coaching away from his team-mates and missed the opening-weekend draw at Aston Villa, with the 25-year-old eager to maneuver to Liverpool, who had a £110million ($149.1m) bid rejected earlier this month.
“The membership has to behave in the very best pursuits of Newcastle and we are going to try this in each state of affairs,“ Howe stated. “I believe it’s a lose-lose state of affairs to a level for us as a result of I don’t assume we will come out of this successful in any state of affairs. That’s the reason I’ve stated all summer time it’s a tough state of affairs for the membership to handle.
“We love Alex within the sense in what has carried out for this soccer membership since he has been right here, what he has contributed, what he has given, how skilled he’s been and this has simply been an unlucky few months that appears like it’s coming to an finish. And it’ll come to an finish fairly shortly after which we will deal with the soccer once more.”
The Newcastle head coach refused to be definitive on whether or not Isak will keep past the September 1 deadline, regardless of the membership claiming publicly they don’t ”foresee their situations“ being met to facilitate a sale. He did describe the state of affairs as “unhappy“ and ”regrettable”, although.
“I am not a fortune-teller, sadly,” he stated. “I’ve acquired no manner of realizing what’s going to occur within the subsequent few days when it comes to making an attempt to get some finality on the state of affairs, so I am in the identical boat as everyone else.
“He is contracted to us. He is our participant. My want is he can be enjoying on Monday evening however he will not be, which is regrettable. However 100 per cent I need to see him again in a Newcastle shirt.”
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Alexander Isak to not be in Newcastle squad vs Liverpool, Eddie Howe insists striker can be ‘welcomed’ again
