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Alexander isak and Yoane Wissa are both the subjects of speculation.
If the 2024/25 season couldn’t have gone any better for Eddie Howe and his Newcastle team, then the summer that followed couldn’t have gone much worse.
Transfer targets Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Hugo Ekitike, James Trafford and Benjamin Sesko have all slipped through the net in favour of joining Premier League rivals.
Add to that Alexander Isak’s refusal to represent the club as he tries to force a move to Liverpool, and Anthony Gordon’s injury, and Howe could be forgiven for wanting to bang his head on a brick wall.
The bad news for the manager is that there could be further blows from here.
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Isak’s behaviour has made a potential reintegration into the first-team squad almost inconceivable, and no sale could mean a disgruntled, unavailable star sitting on the books, picking up wages for nothing.
Fans fear this scenario, but Newcastle cutting losses and renegotiating a lower fee than wanted with Liverpool could soon be inevitable.
Eddie Howe has been left frustrated this summer.
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