Alan Pardew believes that Alexander Isak is trying to carry Newcastle United to ransom as he seeks a transfer to Liverpool.
The Reds have seen a £110million bid for the ahead rejected, and they’re but to come back again to the desk with one other supply.
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The striker has knowledgeable the Toon of his need to play some other place and transfer on after three years on Tyneside.
He took no half within the membership’s pre-season tour and is presently coaching on his personal.
Nonetheless, regardless of all of Isak’s efforts to depart, former Toon boss Pardew thinks the switch is lifeless Isak will stay a Newcastle participant this summer time.
Talking on The Last Phrase with Majestic, Pardew mentioned: “The switch to me seems to be like it could’t be completed as a result of Newcastle are going to dig their heels in now, and I feel they’re offended.
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“I might even be if I used to be on the Newcastle board. I might dig my heels in, so the price might go actually foolish.”
Newcastle begin their Premier League marketing campaign subsequent week reside on talkSPORT in opposition to Aston Villa.
Nonetheless, forward of what ought to be an thrilling marketing campaign for anybody related to the Toon as Champions League soccer is again, the membership face the prospect of not having their greatest ahead in Isak for the match.
Even when he had been to be re-integrated into the group, Isak hasn’t performed a single minute of pre-season.
And on Isak himself, Pardew mentioned: “The issue is, he is dealt with it so badly. He could not have dealt with it any worse.
“His brokers and advisors have mentioned to him to throw down the instruments after serving that nice soccer membership, and he is doing actually dangerous issues to carry them to ransom and roughly drive a method out.”
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The Swede has rejected curiosity from Saudi Arabia and solely has eyes for Liverpool.
And Pardew does assume the Reds might do with one other attacker after seeing Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez depart this summer time.
On Liverpool’s wants, Pardew does assume they might do with a ahead.
“They’ve let two go and introduced two in, in order that in all probability is the place they’re considering,” he added.
“However transfers take a course of their very own. At first, it looks like it may occur, and the membership really feel that as properly, after which out of the blue, it turns, and I feel Newcastle are moved into that space.”
Will Isak go?
Studies popping out of Newcastle do counsel that Isak has been advised he will not be going anyplace this summer time after the membership didn’t land Benjamin Sesko, with the Slovenian selecting a transfer to Manchester United.
Nonetheless, when requested if the participant might depart, Eddie Howe mentioned: “That’s a call that I gained’t make, that can be for different folks to make.
“For me, I’m simply attempting to handle the state of affairs and handle the group, most significantly handle the group of gamers that I’m working with daily, that I really like teaching and serving to.
“We’re specializing in Aston Villa. Every part else, to a level, from my perspective isn’t in my management, so it’s not my focus.”
On the particular studies about Isak, he mentioned: “That’s not one thing I’m conscious of. In fact, there’s discussions occurring on a regular basis that I’m not social gathering to. I’ve no data of that.”
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Liverpool’s curiosity is more likely to be there till the tip of the window, however whether or not it manifests into one other bid is one other factor fully.
Nonetheless, after being a part of the Reds facet that misplaced within the Neighborhood Defend to Crystal Palace, Virgil van Dijk revealed he thinks one other attacker ought to be introduced in.
Chatting with talkSPORT’s Alex Criminal, he mentioned: “Effectively, we simply misplaced Darwin, He went to Saudi and we misplaced Lucho [Diaz], clearly he went to Bayern.
“I feel there’s at all times room for an attacker with a view to strengthen us so let’s have a look at what the window brings when it comes to the steadiness of the group.”
However Arne Slot does not consider there are issues for the group up prime.
Additionally chatting with Criminal, he mentioned: “I feel we’ve greater than greater than sufficient choices to be ok to win the Neighborhood Defend.
“That is the place I give attention to myself. With the gamers we’ve we must always be capable of to win to attain. That is truly what we did as properly. We scored twice and final season we solely scored one in opposition to them, away and at house.
“We might solely rating one in opposition to them. So my final concern for the time being is our offensive high quality. It is extra. It isn’t a priority, but when I take a look at the quantity of targets we have conceded in pre-season That is not of our customary.”
