Newcastle United have temporarily paused contract talks with star player Alexander Isak after he didn’t accept their initial proposals.
Sources close to the situation have informed CaughtOffside that Newcastle are now set to reassess and plan their next move amid growing interest from Arsenal and Liverpool in Isak.
The Sweden international has been in sensational form this season, scoring 23 goals and providing five assists in all competitions for Newcastle.
Isak’s form also helped the Magpies end their long, long wait for a trophy as he found the back of the net against Liverpool in their Carabao Cup final victory.
Still, it seems Isak faces an uncertain future this summer and has not given an encouraging response to contract talks so far.
Alexander Isak contract talks put on hold as Arsenal and Liverpool hover
This has Arsenal and Liverpool on red alert, CaughtOffside understands, with both clubs increasingly viewing the 25-year-old as their top priority up front this summer.
The Gunners urgently need a player who can score 25-30 goals a season, while Liverpool might also have to make changes as their top scorer Mohamed Salah is close to the end of his contract.
Newcastle, meanwhile, are looking at Sporting Lisbon goal machine Viktor Gyokeres as a potential replacement for Isak.
All in all, this isn’t too promising for NUFC supporters, who will be desperate to see Eddie Howe keep this team together after the fine work he’s done at St James’ Park.
Sandro Tonali is also attracting interest, so could be another big name to potentially leave Newcastle in the near future.
Keeping Isak surely has to be the absolute top priority for Newcastle, though, so the club’s fans will hope that contract negotiations can restart as soon as possible and finally reach a more positive conclusion.
Lies lies and more lies
This report is utter nonsense because Newcastle have stated previously (many months ago) that contract talks with Isak will BEGIN in the summer. He is still contracted for another 3 years so the club are in no rush at the moment
Total and utter crap. Why do you make this 💩 up?
He’s 3 years left on his deal. The club has repeatedly said talks will happen this summer. The player has repeatedly said he’s happy at Newcastle, including just a few days ago and said talks will happen in the summer. Other clubs at over £150m couldn’t afford him. So you just keep repeating the same lies and misinformation to cause trouble? Get a grip. Do better
worst thing both Isak and Tonali could do if they leave Newcastle. I don’t know of any other team so intune with each other. they’re like a band of brothers. they would just be another number, and I expect would just be on the bench after half a season
terrible reporting from the nonce brigade
Mark Brus is definitely a nonce
Caught Offside is owned by Rocket Sports Internet Limited which is based in… you guessed it, East London. Isak himself said the other day that he will talk to the club about a new contract in the summer. Pathetic article written by third rate journalists who need to write a story to attempt to have some relevance in their miserable lives.
Pure fabrication, this gutter grade journalism ought to be taken to court and prosecuted. Lies, lies, and more damned lies!
Have you no sense of decency, sir?
More click bait bullshit with zero truth from a bunch of wannabes…blocked!
Lol at the human rights abuse fans melting down because Isak will leave, and why wouldn’t he, you just won your first trophy in a an epoch, why would he stay when he can move somewhere he’ll challenge regularly? I bet every one of you think Trent moving to Madrid is cool, so don’t be hypocrites, the step up from Newcastle to Liverpool is a galaxy size bigger than Liverpool to Real
Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle