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Alexander Isak, unnamed but the object of the Newcastle supporters’ ire, may object to both the noun and the adjective.

One weekend does not mean plans are ripped up and nine-figure bids abandoned, but the early evidence is that Newcastle need Isak rather more than Liverpool do.



There was a sliding-doors scenario whereby Isak had been allowed to go to Liverpool because Newcastle secured Hugo Ekitike.



Newcastle can congratulate themselves on their ability to identify high-class strikers and lament their inability to sign them – since Isak, anyway.

Now Newcastle have the worst of all worlds: without Isak’s services, without a replacement, without an injection of around £110m, without any goals at Villa Park.

Yet Howe raised the subject of PSR at Villa Park; it has been a constraint on their spending and Newcastle would have considerable leeway if they cashed in on Isak.

The other soon sought to join the beaten finalists.

Newcastle look like they need a striker a lot more than Liverpool do (John Walton/PA Wire)

If Isak is proof that football can be fickle, he is not alone in that.
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