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Sam Allardyce reckons Newcastle have two options(Image: Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Newcastle United have just two options to resolve their stand-off with wantaway striker Alexander Isak — sell up or force him to play in the reserves.

Newcastle saw Callum WIlson depart at the end of his contract earlier in the summer.

And the north east-based side have few good options remaining in how to settle the conflict with Isak.



The striker, who has 62 goals in 109 appearances for Newcastle, has three years remaining on his contract and Allardyce believes it would take strength from the club's board to not sell their prized asset.

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"Sell him.

"Once a player makes his mind up as determined as he is, and because there’s nothing else you can do role-wise.

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"I suppose if he stays away, the only thing you do is don’t pay him, but that obviously becomes a situation where nobody wins."

Allardyce continued: "Unless the board are strong enough to say 'let him rot, Sam, we’ll go and buy you another centre-forward', which is the best way to deal with it in my opinion.

Alexander Isak wants to leave Newcastle United(Image: Shaun Brooks - CameraSport via Getty Images)

"Somebody has to stand up to a player, or players, that are gonna start doing this on a regular basis, where they’ve got contracts - in Isak’s case a particularly long contract of three years - then the owners are obviously looking not to devalue him.

"But at the end of the day if you want to stand up and be counted, put a shock across the players across the Premier League saying 'you can’t treat your clubs like this after you’ve dedicated yourself to a contract'."

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