"The Sweden striker has spent most of this summer on a form of strike as he attempts to engineer a move to Liverpool by refusing to play for Eddie Howe's first team or rejoin the squad for training. Newcastle's manager has repeatedly asked Isak to reintegrate as the club's Saudi Arabian owners decide whether to hold the 25-year-old to a 140,000-a-week contract with three years still outstanding or sell him to Anfield."
"On Monday afternoon Jamie Reuben, Newcastle's minority owner, and representatives of the majority owners, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, visited Isak and his representatives in Northumberland and attempted to broker a rapprochement. It is understood the forward was offered a lucrative pay rise in exchange for a willingness to stay for at least one more season but that prospect carried little appeal."
"This impasse is far from ideal from Howe, who needs to replace Isak's former understudy Callum Wilson, now at West Ham, and is running out of time to find a striker to fill the Swede's boots. Yasir al-Rumayyan, Newcastle's chair, is in the middle of a rare visit to the north-east and would ideally like to keep Isak, but Howe has made clear he only wants players who are fully committed and would like a swift resolution to a problem that has dominated this summer."
Alexander Isak has declined an invitation to return to Newcastle's first-team and has refused to train or play while seeking a transfer to Liverpool. Club leaders including Jamie Reuben and representatives of the Public Investment Fund met Isak and his agents and reportedly offered a significant pay rise to stay for at least one more season, which he rejected. Manager Eddie Howe wants players fully committed and needs a swift resolution as Callum Wilson has left and a striker replacement is urgent. Newcastle have made bids for Jrgen Strand Larsen and Yoane Wissa, both rejected, while transfer negotiations continue ahead of the deadline.
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