In the cold war between player and club, nothing dramatic has changed since Isak was not on the flight to Newcastle’s tour of the Far East two weeks ago.
But perhaps a more realistic reflection of things is that his departure moves closer if the following boxes are ticked: Liverpool come close to their valuation of £150m and two appropriately high-level strikers are sourced in the final three weeks of the transfer window.
On Friday, Howe admitted Isak would miss the season opener at Aston Villa next Saturday with no prospect of a softening of his desire to leave for the Premier League champions, who made a £110m bid eight days ago.
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Critically – and it did feel deliberate in a post-match press conference that was once again dominated by Isak’s future – Howe also included the caveat that he wanted to move forward with players committed to the Newcastle cause.
“Everything is in play,” Howe said when asked about what happens next.
“I don’t know what that will be. Of course I have a preferred outcome. I want the best and strongest squad possible but also I want players that really want to play for this football club.”
Yoane Wissa is one, but the word from the selling end is that a move is no closer despite his desire to leave.
“Again, that’s a decision that I won’t make, that’ll be for other people to make,” he said. “For me I’m just trying to manage the situation and the team, more importantly.
“We’re focusing on Aston Villa. Everything else, from my perspective, is out of my control so it’s not my focus.”
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“If it was that easy I’d be doing it and I’d have done it yesterday,” Howe said with a smile. “But it’s not, so I think I’m better off focusing on the players because the Aston Villa game will be on us in the blink of an eye.”
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“In the pre-season games (it) would be a fair assessment,” Howe said of accusations Newcastle missed a cutting edge without Isak.
“We need to turn the margins of the little things in our favour so we need to look across the board at how we can get more goals into the team, how we can score more.”
"I want the best, strongest squad possible but I really want players who want to play for this football club" Eddie Howe says he doesn't know what the outcome will be surrounding Alexander Isak's future pic.twitter.com/Tk8Qmz3eJy
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 9, 2025“Just look at the squad and reel the names off, they’re talented, unbelievable players. In a sense those players that have come here have trusted me and trusted the coaching team and the club and have benefited from that,” he said.
“Some players have a different choice. Finances play a huge part in that. I’ve said many times we’re not the highest payers in this league, we’re far from it and that is sometimes reflected in the choices players’ make. It’s not a reflection on the city or what we’re doing here or what we’re trying to create at the football club.
Selling Isak could unlock that. But at what cost, you wonder.
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