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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has made it clear that there's no set deadline for a verdict on Alexander Isak's future, but he acknowledged that the Liverpool-linked forward might depart this summer.

The Swedish frontman, who has shone brightly during his three-year stint at St.

I think with these situations, it has to be right for the football club, and everything then is taken into context below that.

"But the club will make the right decision with all the information that it has, and ultimately to try and move the club forward in whatever way that is.

There's a whole football club that has to make the decision.

The manager, of course, has an opinion, but ultimately the decision will rest with the board."

He added: "Of course, there's things going on behind the scenes (with Alex).

"Conversations that happen between Alex and the club or Alex and myself will stay private for obvious reasons.

I don't see anything that's going to change that opinion of mine at the moment, but it's football, and who knows what the future may bring.

"All I would say on the broader picture is whatever happens has to be right for Newcastle.
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