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Newcastle's Alexander Isak is a transfer target for Liverpool(Image: George Wood/Getty Images)

A fresh update has emerged about Alexander Isak's future amid ongoing interest from Liverpool.

The Reds have been heavily linked with signing the Sweden international all summer as speculation about Isak's future continues to dominate headlines.

Liverpool had a £110 million bid rejected by Newcastle United earlier this month for Isak.



Chronicle Live have reported that isak has been told to train alone, away from the Magpies squad and is not expected to feature in their Premier League opener against Aston Villa on Saturday.

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The Athletic reporter David Ornstein recently provided an update claiming that Isak has no plans to play for Newcastle again amid interest from Liverpool.

Ornstein has provided more detail on Isak's future, including a potential timeline for when a resolution on the transfer saga could emerge.

"Well, it's arguably the biggest story of this summer, and we haven't heard the end of it yet," Ornstein told NBC Sports on Friday.

"The news I broke in the week was that Alexander Isak has no intention to play for Newcastle United again, that's his perspective.

But their interest is ongoing and they would be ready to if they received encouragement, should Newcastle get their replacements.

"What we also learn now is that despite Newcastle's stance and Alexander Isak seemingly being content and happy at Newcastle toward the end of last season, we now know that two weeks before the end of the season, he told Eddie Howe personally that he wanted to leave this summer.

"He repeated that after the final game of the season against Everton before going back to his native Sweden.

This has been rumbling for some time.

"In his mind, he also let Newcastle know about his intentions as long as a year ago, when they said to him there would be no new contracts because of their attempts to comply with Financial Fair Play and Profit & Sustainability.

"Also, the fact that he earns so much already and, at that point, he was under contract until 2028 for four more years.
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