Isak, 25, joined Newcastle from Actual Sociedad in 2022 for £63m.
He's their report buy and Newcastle supporters will let you know he has been price each penny.
Over the previous three seasons he has scored 54 league targets and that strike charge has led to him frequently been linked with a transfer elsewhere.
In the course of the second half of final season Ekitike, like Isak, performed as a lone striker. The 23-year-old scored 15 targets and contributed eight assists in the course of the marketing campaign as Frankfurt completed third within the Bundesliga.
So, two gamers who play in a really related manner and a staff that has typically performed with only one central striker below Eddie Howe. The place might the Frenchman slot in?
“It is not a on condition that Ekitike will play second fiddle to Isak – in truth there's a hope that they might play collectively,” believes BBC Newcastle's Matthew Raisbeck.
“Newcastle like versatility. They tried to signal Chelsea's Joao Pedro this summer season, who's one other versatile striker.
“I do not anticipate them to modify formation for the primary sport of the season, however this transfer would enable a higher scope to vary ways all through the sport.
“The message remains to be that Isak isn't on the market. Newcastle are decided to maintain him and needn't promote for monetary causes.
“They're within the Champions League subsequent season and need to be aggressive within the league and all of the cups so, even earlier than Callum Wilson left, they had been all the time going to want one other striker.
“Ekitike has the profile they need and permits the staff to be a lot extra versatile tactically.
“Newcastle have high quality however typically at occasions final season lacked depth. This signing ticks each of these packing containers.”
