Eddie Howe has admitted that the Alexander Isak scenario is “removed from splendid”, however nonetheless hopes to see the unsettled participant again in a Newcastle shirt after confirming the membership rejected a suggestion from Liverpool.
The 25-year-old Swede, one of many hottest properties in world soccer, has had his head turned by the Premier League champions' curiosity this summer time. Isak didn't journey to Asia for Newcastle's pre-season tour because of what the membership referred to as a “minor thigh harm”, just for his unhappiness to emerge together with the very fact he's coaching at his former membership Actual Sociedad.
On Friday, Liverpool submitted a £110m bid however, after that was turned down, have intimated they don't intend to submit a second supply on this switch window.
“I believe from my scenario, I'm very a lot faraway from every thing that's occurring again residence,” Howe mentioned, as reported by The Athletic. “I used to be made conscious there was a bid yesterday. That bid was turned down earlier than I heard about it.
“There are individuals again in England coping with the scenario. I actually don't know what's going to occur subsequent, however from our perspective, we nonetheless assist Alex in each method, and my want remains to be that we see him in a Newcastle shirt once more.”
Newcastle head again from Asia after Sunday's pleasant in opposition to Tottenham in Seoul, the place Howe revealed he discovered Isak was coaching in Spain by way of the media.
“I do know the place he's by way of the media, so I believe from that perspective it's tough for me to enter any element,” the mentioned. “The scenario is way from splendid. It's fairly advanced. I believe that's all I've obtained to say.”
