Newcastle remain resistant to selling Liverpool target Alexander Isak, but the relationship between the Tyneside club and the superstar striker may be broken beyond repair and the idea of the 25-year-old wearing black and white next season seems increasingly unlikely.
The latest, by way of Basque outlet El Diario Vasco, claims Isak has in fact left Newcastle entirely and returned to San Sebastian to train at the facilities of Real Sociedad, his former club where the Swedish international spent three
seasons before joining Newcastle in 2022.
Previously, Isak backed out of Newcastle’s Asian pre-season tour after complaining of a minor thigh injury—though scans of the leg subsequently showed no damage—but at the time the striker had been reported to have remained on Tyneside to rehabilitate and train.
Players returning to their former clubs to train when they have fallen out with their current clubs isn’t unheard of, and assuming the local report is accurate it speaks to a relationship between Isak and Newcastle that may be even more degraded than previously thought.
The Basque outlet further claim Isak submitted a transfer request to Newcastle earlier in the week. With no reports of such in the English press, though, it may be a case of Isak’s desire for a transfer—an informal request for a transfer—becoming embiggened in translation.
Still, even if Isak hasn’t put in a formal transfer request, one would expect a local Basque outlet not to somehow be misconstruing Isak’s claimed presence in San Sebastian to train, and even that alone would seem a significant development in the ongoing transfer saga.
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