Alexander Isak celebrates scoring against Nottingham Forest (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Newcastle United would want at least £115m for Alexander Isak, as they could then reinvest that money into the potential transfer of Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres.
Isak has established himself as a star player for the Magpies and is surely good enough to play for a number of top-flight clubs in Europe, so it’s not too surprising to see speculation surrounding his future.
Arsenal Rival Man Utd And Newcastle For Champions League Striker!
Still, Newcastle won’t let the Sweden international go without a fight, with bidding expected to start from £115m, according to TEAMtalkwhich add that both Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in him.
The report goes on to say that Newcastle want this big fee for Isak so they can then target an ambitious move for the goal machine from Swedish national team-mate Sporting Gyokeres.
Could Newcastle replace Alexander Isak with Viktor Gyokeres?
Isak would not be easy for NUFC to replace, but in Gyokeres they could find the perfect solution as the 26-year-old has been absolutely unplayable in recent times.
Gyokeres, a little later, struggled to play for Brighton not long ago, before reviving his Championship career with Coventry City.
Gyokeres’ form there earned him a move to Sporting, and he has scored a total of 67 goals in 69 games in all competitions for the club.
This has led to the daily star and others linking Gyokeres with Manchester Unitedand it could be a good move for him to follow his former Sporting boss Ruben Amorim to Old Trafford.
Still, Newcastle would also be a tempting project, especially as United are struggling at the moment, and selling Isak could mean it’s financially realistic for the north-east outfit.
It will be interesting to see though if anyone is actually willing to pay that much money for Isak, even if he is a quality player, as Financial Fair Play makes big moves like this more complicated than they used to be.
