Arsenal in Alexander Isak blow as Newcastle demand second highest transfer fee in HISTORY to sell star striker

ARSENAL person been dealt a stroke successful their hopes of making Alexander Isak their caller No9.

Newcastle person nary tendency to merchantability the prima and alternatively privation to physique a squad astir him.

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Alexander Isak could shatter the grounds for a determination betwixt 2 Prem clubs, acceptable erstwhile Chelsea paid Brighton £115m for Moises Caicedo successful 2023[/caption]

Neymar, present backmost with Santos, is the costliest subordinate ever astatine £198mEPA

Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe outgo aged nine PSG £163m successful 2018Getty

And it would instrumentality astir DOUBLE the reported £82.9million interest for them to adjacent respond to immoderate imaginable bids.

That means the Swede would beryllium the 2nd costliest subordinate ever – beneath Paris Saint-Germain‘s £198m seizure of Neymar from Barcelona successful 2017 and supra the £163m PSG paid Monaco for Kylian Mbappe successful 2018.

Isak, 25, has emerged arsenic 1 of the most-coveted players connected the satellite since his club-record £63m accomplishment from Real Sociedad successful 2022.

He became the archetypal Toon subordinate since fable Alan Shearer 2 decades agone to deed 20 Premier League goals past term.

He is already connected 17 successful the top-flight this play and is besides looking to execute icon presumption by ending Newcastle’s 70-year large trophy drought successful the Carabao Cup Final adjacent month.

However, his red-hot signifier connected Tyneside has caught the oculus of a big of clubs crossed the continent but it is Toon’s Prem rivals that proceed to beryllium linked the most.

Arsenal are hopeless for a striker with their deficiency of 1 looking acceptable to outgo them successful the rubric contention again.

They person held a semipermanent involvement and are believed to beryllium readying a swoop for aboriginal this year.

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Meanwhile, Wembley opponents Liverpool and Chelsea would besides some emotion to motion him.

Newcastle, though, are nether nary unit to merchantability and person the hotshot tied down to a declaration believed to beryllium worthy £130,000-a-week until 2028.

Despite reports claiming that Isak wants to “make a leap forward” and that helium would beryllium allowed to permission if a “fair proposal” was received should they neglect to suffice for the Champions League, their stance is rather the opposite.

A fig of £82.9m was touted – but Newcastle person zero involvement successful making conscionable a £20m nett connected Isak.

Even if they bash not decorativeness successful the apical five, the nine person travel done 3 pugnacious transportation windows without immoderate large additions successful bid to bolster their PSR position.

And Eddie Howe is not lone determined to bent connected to Isak, helium hopes to yet beryllium capable to bring successful respective caller additions successful bid to compliment the likes of the forward, Bruno Guimaraes and Anthony Gordon.

Newcastle person ever been relaxed implicit Isak’s declaration concern adjacent erstwhile preliminary talks implicit a caller bundle ceased past twelvemonth owed to the magnitude of his existent one.

Although further discussions are pencilled successful erstwhile this play finishes.

Speaking connected the concern earlier successful the campaign, Newcastle brag Howe said: “I deliberation with Alex he’s got a agelong declaration anyhow and we person to beryllium truly cautious regarding our spending owed to PSR. It’s not a clear-cut situation.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen to seizure a world-class frontman[/caption]

“We of people emotion him and are hopeless for him to enactment astatine Newcastle for galore years and people loads and loads of goals for us, but I don’t spot a short-term contented with his contract.”

Isak himself has besides stated that helium is not reasoning astir his future, saying successful December: “Throughout my career, I person ne'er talked astir oregon truly commented connected the determination rumours during the season.

“There person been galore specified years wherever it has been talked about.

“It doesn’t impact me. I americium commenting connected my concern successful Newcastle, and I person ne'er had immoderate occupation there.

“I americium afloat focused connected my task determination and that we volition person a fantastic season.

“There are inactive large opportunities for that. I person nary thoughts astir thing else.

“The lone happening I tin accidental is that a batch of accusation and rumours often travel out.

“Much of what I work is not true. So that’s astir each I tin accidental astir the full thing.”