THE CLUB ARE LOCKED IN A COMPLEX SITUATION INVOLVING ALEXANDER ISAK, WHO HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE HAS NO INTENTION OF REINTEGRATING INTO EDDIE HOWE’S SQUAD. THE SWEDE HAS NOT FEATURED IN EITHER OF NEWCASTLE’S OPENING PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES AND HAS REFUSED TO TRAIN, CITING BROKEN PROMISES AND A DESIRE FOR CHANGE.
WITHOUT A RECOGNISED NUMBER NINE, THE MAGPIES HAVE LOOKED BLUNT IN ATTACK. AGAINST ASTON VILLA AND LIVERPOOL, NEWCASTLE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES BUT LACKED A CLINICAL EDGE, WITH MAKESHIFT FORWARD ANTHONY GORDON EVEN SEEING RED IN THE LATTER FIXTURE.
THAT DISMISSAL LEAVES WILLIAM OSULA AS THE ONLY AVAILABLE STRIKER, UNDERLINING THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION. NEWCASTLE LINE UP MOVE FOR NEW STRIKER TARGET.
EDDIE HOWE’S MEN HAVE MOVED FOR SEVERAL TARGETS ALREADY THIS SUMMER.
BIDS FOR BRENTFORD’S YOANE WISSA AND WOLVES’ JORGEN STRAND LARSEN HAVE BEEN REJECTED, WHILE THEY’RE ALSO NOW TRACKING ATLETICO MADRID’S ALEXANDER SORLOTH.
