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Viktor Gyokeres knows Alexander Isak well(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA, Getty Images)

Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak have both made the world their oyster.

However, despite this attention, Gyokeres maintains that his fellow Swede hasn't changed a bit amidst his meteoric rise, as per insiders close to both players.

The duo have been topping transfer news cycles, with Arsenal and Manchester United chasing Gyokeres, and Liverpool previously eyeing a British transfer record move for Isak.



Johnny Gustafsson, who coached Isak during his U16 and U17 days at AIK Stockholm, shed light on this in an interview in March.

Gustafsson relayed that Isak's international team-mates, including Gyokeres, see him as the same down-to-earth and driven player he's always been, unaffected by his success last season.

Gustafsson told the Guardian: "They also say he's exactly the same person.

They also acknowledge that Isak's early years didn't exactly hint at a future linked with Liverpool.

Gyokeres and the rest of the Sweden team do not believe Isak's humble personality has changed(Image: 2024 Getty Images)

Gustafsson added: "A lot of people, maybe agents and individual coaches, will say: 'We knew he was going to be a top player, I saw him when he was 10 or 12.' But that's not true.

He has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool this summer, although interest has shifted towards Eintracht Frankfurt's Hugo Ekitike after the Magpies indicated that Isak was not on the market.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe also omitted Isak from a pre-season friendly defeat against Celtic due to the unsettling nature of ongoing transfer rumours.

Isak;s former team-mates and coaches at AIK Stockholm all have happy memories of his time with the club(Image: Photo by Nils Petter Nilsson/Ombrello via Getty Images)Article continues below

While the ex-Bournemouth boss also reaffirmed his belief that Isak would remain at St.
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