Newcastle followers turned on Alexander Isak after their goalless draw of their first aggressive match with out the striker, as Eddie Howe underlined he desires the state of affairs resolved.
Isak stays on strike as he seeks to push by a transfer to Liverpool, with the Mail‘s Craig Hope reporting he’s set for a club-record tremendous for lacking Saturday’s match at Aston Villa.
Liverpool haven’t returned with a bid since their supply within the area of £110 million was rejected at the beginning of the month, seeing relations proceed to bitter at St James’ Park because the standoff continues.
Because the gamers walked in the direction of the tunnel at Villa Park, Newcastle supporters chanted, “There’s just one grasping b*****d” in what was a transparent message to who was as soon as a fan favorite.
Quickly after they reportedly resorted to what they as soon as directed at Mike Ashley, chanting: “We don’t care about Isak, he don’t care about me, all we’re about, is NUFC.”
? “There’s just one grasping b******” from the NUFC finish on full-time pic.twitter.com/gPhQhNQy4V
— Craig Hope (@CraigHope_DM) August 16, 2025
With all of the concentrate on the Swede’s future, Howe pressured to TNT Sports activities he’s prepared for the state of affairs to be “resolved shortly.”
“It’s a tough one to reply,” he mentioned. “I hope it’s resolved shortly, as a result of it’s type of information round us on a regular basis.
“Quite than specializing in what we have to do on the pitch and all of the issues that go right into a efficiency as we speak, then gamers handle to close that out and simply carry out, and we’ve achieved that persistently, so we’re gonna should proceed to try this.
“We may do with out the narrative in opposition to us. However what might be might be.”
Howe later maintained that “the door continues to be open” for Isak to be welcomed again into the fold, however that “he must resolve what he desires to do.” Isak’s actions are fairly clear in that regard, although.
Newcastle‘s subsequent match is in opposition to Liverpool every week on Monday, and it’s tough to see the Magpies’ hierarchy sanctioning any sale that might enable Isak to play in opposition to them on August 25.
“It’s at all times spicy in opposition to Liverpool, there’s a historical past with the fixture anyway, Newcastle vs. Liverpool, it’s been an unbelievable fixture over time, Premier League years,” Howe added on the fixture.
“So we sit up for it. We respect them after we know the way good they’re. However hopefully, on the again of as we speak, we’re prepared for it.”
