It’s Sad That Isak Won’t Be Available To Face Liverpool – Eddie Howe

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has said that Alexander Isak will not be available to face Liverpool on Monday. He recently expressed dissatisfaction at the transfer saga playing out publicly.

Speaking to the press, Howe revealed that he would have preferred if everything was dealt with behind closed doors.

According to him, it is definitely a difficult situation for both the club and the player, and it is sad that Isak would be unavailable for such a crucial fixture.

The English manager stated that Isak remains a Newcastle player because he is still contracted to the club.

“There’s been no change — he won’t be a part of the squad for this weekend’s game.

My preference is it doesn’t happen publicly. Everything is better dealt with behind closed doors. But needs must, and in this situation the club has spoken, and probably justifiably so in that moment.

I haven’t seen him this week. When I see him, we speak as normal. There’s no issues. Of course it’s a difficult situation for both sides and it’s far from ideal for both parties. He’s training later on detached from the group but we will I’m sure catch up at some stage.

He’s contracted to us, he’s our player. My wish is he’d be playing Monday night with us but he won’t be and that’s regrettable. I 100% want to see him back in a Newcastle shirt,” he said.

Stressing that it might not be an option right now, Howe noted that he is very hopeful of reintegrating Isak into his squad if need be.

He concluded by saying that Newcastle United fans would also love to welcome him back.

“The relationship between our fans and Isak can still be good. The fans will always react to the way a player plays.

That is why I have said all summer, it is a difficult situation for the club to manage.

We love Alex in the sense of what has done for this football club since he has been here, what he has contributed, what he has given, how professional he’s been and this has just been an unfortunate few months that looks like it is coming to an end.

And it will come to an end pretty quickly and then we can focus on the football again,” he added.