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Newcastle came back down to earth. After a very high-flying 2022-2023 season in the Premier League, the Magpies have returned to the ranks across the Channel. In addition to a disastrous Champions League campaign in Group F of Death with PSG, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund, Eddie Howe's flock are currently in a complicated situation in the championship. Ranked eighth in the cross-Channel rankings, the St-James Park residents are five points behind sixth place Manchester United.
To make matters worse, Newcastle is being targeted by financial fair play. Indeed, despite the Saudi sovereign fund which injects money into the training of the north of England, the financial situation of the Toons could be complicated at the end of the season. Even more so if Bruno Guimaraes' teammates fail to secure a European place for the 2024-2025 vintage. In this sense, frame sales could be considered in the coming months. And according to information from the English press, Alexander Isak is being followed very closely on the other side of the Channel. The first expensive recruit of Newcastle's major project, the Swedish striker is increasingly performing.
Arsenal and Tottenham are keen on Alexander Isak
Now aged 24, the Swede has built a solid reputation in England and is considered one of the best strikers in the Premier League. Author of four goals in the last three league matches, the former Borussia Dortmund player has 18 goals in 31 appearances this season in the white and black tunic. A more than attractive result which has visibly caught the eye of the English leaders according to The Sun. Indeed, the English publication claims that a London duel is looming to attract the slender striker with Arsenal and Tottenham observing him with loving eyes.
While Gabriel Jesus struggles to have a truly influential performance for the Gunners, the latter would not be against the arrival of Isak in their ranks next year. Same story with Spurs while their neighbors have still not been able to replace Harry Kane, who left last summer for Bayern Munich. And despite Eddie Howe's reluctance to see one of his best players leave, our English colleagues say that the potentially precarious financial situation of the Magpies next season could give pause to the club's decision-makers. Because, if there is a problem in the coffers, it would be impossible for them to refuse the 117 million euros that the London teams would be willing to put in to attract Isak. The person concerned, who arrived in 2022 for 71 million euros, said he was ready to take on a new challenge during the last international break: “if things come up, things can happen.»
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