Newcastle should bite the bullet with Alexander Isak after showdown Liverpool meeting

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Alexander Isak is still on strike at Newcastle and missed their clash with potential suitors Liverpool(Image: Serena Taylor, Newcastle United via Getty Images)

Apparently, club co-owner Jamie Reuben and representatives from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund - the majority shareholders - popped round to Alexander Isak’s place for a cuppa and a chat ahead of the game at a lively St James’ Park.

Re-integration, it seems, was up for discussion.

But strip away the heightened emotions of all interested parties and there is an obvious, unavoidable truth that would facilitate an Isak-Toon reconciliation.



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Newcastle - and, obviously, they are far from alone in this - desperately need a world-class striker.

And they happen to have one on their books.

Ahead of the Ryan Gravenberch opener just after the half-hour mark, would Newcastle have converted their superiority into goals had Isak been leading the line?

It is impossible to be sure but they certainly would have stood a better chance and you would have fancied Isak to capitalise on the uncertainty that characterised Ibrahima Konate’s performance.

He would certainly have made a better fist of trying to convert the two opportunities that fell to Anthony Gordon in a central position, misses that might have contributed to the Newcastle player’s moment of madness that saw him sent off just before half-time.

Anthony Gordon was sent off against Liverpool as he deputised for Isak(Image: PA)

It is a long way back for Isak after a turbulent summer when he has made it clear he wants to leave St James’s Park for Anfield.

And time is running out fast.

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That is why Newcastle just have to bite the bullet and bring Isak back.

It was about Newcastle being united, no-one can do it on their own and they are together.

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Now, if anything, this result proves Liverpool do not necessarily need Isak - and yet Newcastle desperately need him back.