Isak slams Newcastle in boost to Liverpool hopes of signing Swede

Sweden planetary Alexander Isak has been grooming unsocial owed to the uncertainty surrounding his aboriginal astatine Newcastle.

Alexander Isak has accused Newcastle United of breaking promises and misleading supporters successful a societal media connection that confirmed helium wanted to permission the Premier League club.

The 25-year-old striker said helium informed Newcastle of his tendency to permission a agelong clip ago.

“When promises are breached and spot is lost, the narration can’t continue,” Isak wrote connected Instagram stories connected Tuesday evening.

The Sweden international, who was the taxable of a 110 cardinal pounds ($148.34m) bid from Liverpool earlier this month, was named successful the PFA Premier League Team of the 2024-25 season.

However, helium chose not to be the ceremony, wherever Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was named Player of the Year, owed to ongoing issues surrounding his future.

“I’ve kept quiescent for a agelong clip portion others person spoken. This soundlessness has allowed radical to perpetuate their ain mentation of events, adjacent though they cognize it doesn’t bespeak what was truly said and agreed down closed doors,” helium added.

“The world is that promises were made and the nine has known my presumption for a agelong time. Acting arsenic if these issues person lone conscionable emerged is misleading.”

Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak, right, walks onto the transportation astatine St James’ Park earlier the last Premier League crippled of past play against Everton [Lee Smith/Reuters]

Newcastle said successful a connection that nary committedness was made by a nine authoritative that Isak could permission this summer.

“We are wide successful effect that Alex remains nether declaration …,” Newcastle said. “We privation to support our champion players, but we besides recognize players person their ain wishes and we perceive to their views.

“As explained to Alex and his representatives, we indispensable ever instrumentality into information the champion interests of Newcastle United, the squad and our supporters successful each decisions and we person been wide that the conditions of a merchantability this summertime person not transpired. We bash not foresee those conditions being met.

“This is simply a arrogant shot nine with arrogant traditions and we strive to clasp our household feel. Alex remains portion of our household and volition beryllium welcomed backmost erstwhile helium is acceptable to rejoin his teammates.”

Isak missed Newcastle’s goalless gully with Aston Villa successful their Premier League opener connected Saturday, and Eddie Howe’s broadside are acceptable to play defending champions Liverpool connected Monday.

Howe had said up of their play opening crippled that Isak ‘controlled’ his ain future.

Liverpool, meanwhile, were pushed to the bounds by Bournemouth earlier winning their Premier League opener 4-2 astatine Anfield connected Friday.

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