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Liverpool transfer target Alexander Isak(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Moving parts in the Alexander Isak transfer saga look to have provided Liverpool with fresh hope of landing their top striker target, but all hopes rest on a second bid being made.

Now the first revelations are beginning to emerge nine days out from the start of the new Premier League campaign and 27 days until the summer transfer window grinds to a standstill.

Playing out in tandem with the Liverpool and Isak saga has been one focused on Newcastle's struggle against Manchester United over a potential replacement - RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko.



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Plenty of toing and froing has taken place between which club will earn the 22-year-old's favour and strike an agreement with Leipzig first, but the race would appear to be reaching a climax.

Although Newcastle have offered more financially and can use Champions League football as a unique selling point, it is believed Sesko will pick Man United.

Without a replacement through the door at St.

Meanwhile, Ollie Watkins and Yoane Wissa - although seen as replacements for Callum Wilson who departed Newcastle as a free agent earlier this summer - are actively on the list too.

And then there are the actions of Newcastle that make Isak's involvement as part of Eddie Howe's side look increasingly unlikely.

The 25-year-old returned to train at the Magpies' Darsley Park base on Monday, while his manager and teammates returned to the United Kingdom from their pre-season tour to the Far East.

Isak did not take part in that tour because of a minor thigh injury, however soon after it emerged he had asked the club to be allowed to explore transfer opportunities then travelled to Spain to train alone at the facilities of former club Real Sociedad.

The Newcastle squad resumed training on Wednesday morning having been afforded two days' rest.

We are Newcastle United.

"The player has a responsibility here to be part of a team and part of a squad - you have to act in the right way.

James' Park, against Espanyol on Friday and Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

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According to Chronicle Live, further official answers on this saga are only set to arrive after each game.
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