Eddie Howe won’t be picking Alexander Isak. Isak isn’t happy with Newcastle. Newcastle aren’t happy with Isak or Liverpool. Newcastle don’t have a striker to start but the player operating instead of one could have gone to Liverpool last summer.

Alexander Isak's future at Newcastle has been the talk of the summer transfer window.  Newcastle's star forward reported back late after the summer break, has trained with his former club Real Sociedad and most recently was the only member of the 2024-25 Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) team of the year not to attend the award ceremony,