Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has revealed that the club simply cannot sanction Alexander Isak’s exit to Liverpool without buying a new striker themselves.

Liverpool sold Darwin Nunez to Al-Hilal earlier this summer and the Reds are hoping to bring in Newcastle striker Alexander Isak as his replacement, but the deal has stalled

The long and drawn-out saga between Alexander Isak, Newcastle United and Liverpool continues to rumble on as we approach the end of the summer transfer window – and Georginio Wijnaldum has hit back at a social media post that has linked something he said in 2016 to the Swede’s current situation.