Arsenal might want to pay Newcastle United a document £150m to signal Alexander Isak after the ‘withdrawn’ striker was ‘coaxed’ into kind by sequence of one-to-one chats with Eddie Howe.
The Telegraph declare that’s the price ticket on the top of the Swede in the midst of a season which has seen him rating 12 Premier League targets as Newcastle United have climbed to fifth in the Premier League table.
He has now scored a complete of 48 targets in 87 video games for Newcastle since becoming a member of from Actual Sociedad.
That £150m price ticket would make him the third most costly participant in soccer historical past behind Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, although he missed out on the top scorers of 2024 list by one objective.
However Paul Merson clearly thinks he’s well worth the cash, telling Sky Sports activities: “If I used to be Arsenal and I had the cash, I’d go and purchase Alexander Isak. I’d break the financial institution for him.
“I feel he’s the very best of the very best. I feel he takes Arsenal to a different stage. I’m wanting on the all-round image and subsequent season as effectively.
“I feel that if they will pay money for Isak, who I feel is the very best within the enterprise for the time being, I feel that might be a large coup for Arsenal. The best way Arsenal play, I must go along with Alexander Isak [over Erling Haaland].
“They’ve quite a lot of build-up play they usually need the forwards to affix in.”
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Arsenal are additionally being strongly linked with Dusan Vlahovic, who has scored 12 targets this season for Juventus and can be accessible at round a 3rd of the value.
Requested about his supposed £150m price ticket, Isak mentioned: “No, it doesn’t actually faze me an excessive amount of. I feel that’s extra for you guys and for followers to speak about.
“I’m in the midst of the season and I feel it’s going very well for me and the workforce, so, you realize, all my focus is right here and I’m actually proud of how issues are going. My focus is on the pitch.”
Isak began the season wanting slightly rusty and scored only one objective in his first seven video games earlier than a run of extraordinary kind culminating in his efficiency towards Manchester United on Monday night time.
In accordance with the Telegraph, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe took it upon himself to seek out out what was troubling the Swede.
‘Behind the scenes, Howe and his teaching employees knew one thing was not proper with Isak. They may see he was not enjoying effectively, however they’ve coaxed him again, as an individual after which as a participant.
‘Howe holds common one-on-one conferences, however he devoted particular consideration to Isak. He wanted to know what was happening inside his head and he wanted the participant to be trustworthy with him, too.’
Isak is described as ‘a delicate soul, a deep thinker, reserved and typically withdrawn’ and the report claims he has by no means indicated to the membership that he desires to go away.