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NEWCASTLE. − Alexander Isak looked crestfallen as he was back in Newcastle training in club colours just hours after the star’s relationship with Toon turned nuclear.
The on-strike Swede, hellbent on signing for Liverpool, finally went public with his desire to leave in a bombshell statement on Tuesday.
Last season’s 27-goal top scorer, who skipped the PFA Awards in Manchester, claimed the club had broken promises and that it would be “better that he left”.
Newcastle hit back with their own bold statement and stated that “no commitment has ever been made” that the 25-year-old could leave.
And tensions remained high as Isak awkwardly arrived at Newcastle’s Darsley Park HQ yesterday before the dust had settled on their public row.
The £150m-rated star, who is due to be fined over his refusal to play at Aston Villa, has been training by alone in order to keep his fitness up throughout the stand-off.
Isak cut a frustrated figure and was training away from all senior staff on Wednesday, with sources at NUFC Blog revealing that an academy coach was drafted in to do an afternoon session with the striker.
SunSport understands that the Magpies continue to provide him with all the necessary tools to train, as they are contracted to do, with no specific coach assigned to him.
A member of staff, carrying a bag of balls, was snapped working with the hotshot, who looked glum while decked out in Newcastle’s training gear out on the grass.
The NUFC blog source said: “Isak was doing little more than light jogging and passing off a rebound board before finishing into an empty net. To be honest it was all a bit sad.” − The Sun
