Inside Alexander Isak's feud with Newcastle as striker misses out on Liverpool audition

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Alexander Isak will not play for Newcastle or Liverpool when the two sides meet on Monday night(Image: Serena Taylor, Newcastle United via Getty Images)

More often that not, games between Newcastle and Liverpool in the Premier League have yielded goals.

But the Sweden international now finds himself at the heart of the transfer saga of the summer rather than the penalty box after taking the decision that his time on Tyneside is up.

Isak, 25, has made it clear that he covets a move to the reigning Premier League champions, who would be happy to oblige if Newcastle soften their stance in the final seven days of the transfer window.

The noises which have come from the club in recent weeks would indicate that is not the case, though, meaning Isak could be left in limbo well beyond both Monday night's game and the end of the transfer window next week...

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Newcastle headed into the summer with a spring in their step after qualifying for the Champions League and winning their first major trophy in a generation after - ironically - beating Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final back in March.

Rumblings of interest in Isak was nothing new if not annoying; Arsenal and Liverpool had routinely been mentioned with Newcastle's star striker in the second half of the 2024-25 campaign.

Their £110m proposal was dismissed out of hand and they have not yet returned to the negotiating table, even if many feel it is a foregone conclusion that they will do so well before September 1 rolls round.

Isak issued a statement last week addressing the current stand-off between him and Newcastle(Image: PA)

For all the talk of Isak, Newcastle and Liverpool, one party had largely been silent throughout the saga: Isak himself.

But the frontman shattered that silence last week to explain why, in his own words, the relationship between him and Newcastle could not continue.

There have been suggestions that Isak was less than impressed when contract talks were shelved and he alluded to 'broken promises' from the club's top brass, though his own conduct throughout the summer has left little to be desired.

Perhaps the only certainty beyond that is that we have not heard the end of this saga.

For one, while Liverpool haven't necessarily looked short on firepower in their opening Premier League matches, there is a clearly an appetite to install Isak as the shiny new centrepiece in their refurbished attack.

But for once during the Premier League era, Newcastle vs Liverpool looks likely to be upstaged by happenings off the pitch, rather than what occurs on it.

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