The Magpies are poised to finalise a £60.5m (£65m including add-ons) move for Woltemade, who was flying into Tyneside on Thursday night as Newcastle race to complete the deal before their weekend game at Leeds.
It gives Liverpool encouragement to launch a second bid for Isak – which the i Paper reported was certain to come before Monday’s deadline day – but does not guarantee the move will happen. Signing Woltemade strengthens Newcastle’s hand in negotiations and PIF sources have told the i Paper that no deal would be sanctioned unless they meet the club’s valuation.
The Magpies also have an interest in Yoane Wissa but the i Paper can reveal tonight that Brentford’s stance remains the player is not for sale and there is no current dialogue between the two clubs. They have not put a valuation on the player’s head and the Bees have been consistent: they need to sign a replacement of equivalent calibre to Wissa before discussing terms with Newcastle.
At 23 he is considered still a work-in-progress but there is huge excitement about his potential in Germany and Eddie Howe is understood to be enthusiastic at the prospect of working with him. Imposing in the air but technically gifted, Woltemade potentially brings a new dimension to Newcastle’s play – and if the club can add another striker with Premier League experience while banking the huge PSR wiggle room they’d get from a club record deal for Isak they will feel satisfaction at navigating their way out of a hugely difficult situation.
They are now the ones calling on the shots on Isak and their outlook has always been that the move needs to work for Newcastle. That was made explicit by the statement issued last week which detailed the “conditions” that needed to be met for a deal to be done.
Crucially there was no change in Isak’s stance on playing for the club again after a PIF delegation alongside co-owner Jamie Reuben visited Isak on Monday afternoon before Newcastle played Liverpool. That, along with Al-Rumayyan being in a position to sanction a series of bids for strikers, feels like it might have changed the situation and offered Liverpool a route to complete a deal for Isak.
It is set to be a dramatic conclusion to a fascinating summer on Tyneside and in Merseyside.
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