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The Swede is determined to force through a move to Premier League champions Liverpool this summer and is adamant he has played his final game for the club.

On Tuesday he was absent from the PFA Awards, where he was included in the Team of the Year.

And speaking shortly after his inclusion he delivered a blunt statement surrounding the furious impasse.

“I'm proud to be recognised by my fellow professionals with a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Season for 2024/25,” he wrote in a statement posted to social media.

I've kept quiet for a long time while others have spoken.

Isak has been training away from Newcastle's first team after he missed their pre-season tour of Asia, with Liverpool seeing an initial bid of £110million rejected.

The striker did not play in Newcastle's Premier League opener, a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa, and the Magpies have been struggling to find a potential replacement.

Newcastle missed out on Joao Pedro, Hugo Ekitike and Benjamin Sesko, who joined Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United respectively, and winger Anthony Gordon started up front against Villa after Callum Wilson was allowed to leave on a free transfer.

"It seems like the striker market gets tighter every year," manager Eddie Howe admitted when asked about Newcastle's struggles in the transfer market(

They have got to fit the team, make us better and be affordable
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