What would it take for Newcastle to sell Isak now?
Latest from Sky Sports News’ Keith Downie:
“Newcastle talked last night about the conditions of a sale. There were two conditions.
“One, the valuation of the player is £150m.
“That is what Newcastle’s valuation is. I still think they would probably do a deal for a little bit less than that. But I think Liverpool’s £110m offer that landed a few weeks ago is way short. So if Liverpool were to really seriously want Isak, they would have to come to the table with a higher bid.
“The second is that Newcastle need to find a replacement. They tried on Benjamin Sesko, they tried on Hugo Ekitike, failed on both of those.
“They’re actually even struggling right now, as we can see, to bring in a replacement for Callum Wilson, who left on a free transfer. We’ve been telling you for weeks now that they’ve been trying to sign Yoane Wissa from Brentford. But he’s seen as the Callum Wilson replacement rather than the Alexander Isak replacement.
“So they can’t even get the second striker in, if you like.
“If they were able to land Wissa in the next few days – and I am expecting a bid in the next couple of days – and Liverpool came to the table offering £130m then Newcastle might have a decision to make.
“However, it would leave them very light on striker reinforcements.”