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Newcastle striker Alexander Isak(Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

It won’t be long before a large dose of reality hits Newcastle United about Alexander Isak.

The Reds will have a value for the player and Newcastle can’t afford to get too greedy.

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I’m speaking from experience given what happened to me at Real Sociedad.

I loved playing for Sociedad.

San Sebastian is a gorgeous place, but my wife couldn’t settle down and found it tough living there.

I told Sociedad I wanted to leave, and had to stick to my guns when they tried to force me to stay.

They had every right to do that as I’d signed a contract to play for them.

Eventually Sociedad agreed.

Now, the circumstances aren’t the same, but the ultimate goal for Isak is no different – he wants a move to another club.

Liverpool certainly have money to spend big given the amount of sales that continued with the departure of Darwin Nunez at the weekend and the likely exit soon of Harvey Elliott.

It is intriguing Luis Diaz has gone too.

Clearly, Arne Slot sees teenager Rio Ngumoha as an upcoming talent and doesn’t want his pathway to be completely blocked.

Liverpool do have other options on the left flank, with Cody Gakpo the first choice and both Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz also capable of playing there.

And I was impressed with Ekitike in the Community Shield against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

He’s certainly done very well for Palace in recent years and earned his place in the England squad.

Given Guehi has only a year left on his deal, he’s in the same situation for Palace as Konate at Liverpool.

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But if he’s not going to sign a new contract, I’m pretty sure Palace can’t afford to let him go on a free like Liverpool might be willing to do with Konate.
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