The Reds could yet try tempt Newcastle with a firm offer for Isak this summer - and new comments made by Howe may genuinely concern Magpies supporters

Isak’s wage demands will not be for the faint-hearted. He wants to be paid as much as he could earn elsewhere, which means Newcastle will need to push well above the £200,000-a-week mark. It will need a new wage structure and a ceiling being broken, but when you consider how important he is, the money must be found.

We still have three matches to be played in Gameweek 37 but there is already plenty to talk about from those matches completed so far in the penultimate gameweek of the 2024-25 season. Injuries for Alexander Isak (£9.

If Newcastle's influential Swede Alexander Isak had been fit, it might have been different - but now their Champions League hopes are in real danger.

Newcastle could leapfrog Arsenal in the Premier League table with victory at the Emirates on Sunday - and secure their top five spot

Newcastle United face a nervy wait on the fitness of star striker Alexander Isak ahead of their high-stakes final-day Premier League clash with Everton - a match that could seal Champions League football for the Magpies next season.

THE race for a Champions League spot is edging towards boiling point and second-place Arsenal host third-place Newcastle at the Emirates THIS AFTERNOON! And the headline team news from North