Positions of Newcastle United owners and Alexander Isak now with clarity as window set to close | OneFootball

The positions of the Newcastle United owners and Alexander Isak, now with clarity as window set to close in five days time.

With 7pm on Monday 1 September 2025 the moment the summer 2025 transfer window comes to and end, only around 125 hours of trading business to go (as at 2pm on Wednesday 27 August 2025.

So where are Newcastle United at, with it now 86 days since this window opened?

Monday saw a much publicised meeting between the Newcastle United owners and Alexander Isak take place.

The small group of journalists who cover NUFC and have credibility, were universal when it came to reporting the outcome.

All of them reporting that Alexander Isak had told the Newcastle United board members who visited him, that he still wanted to leave in this transfer window.

Following Monday’s reporting of that meeting, one of the credible NUFC journalists did this follow up on Tuesday.

“In reality, was Isak ever going to relent with six days of the window remaining having gone on strike and released a burning bridges statement last week? No, of course not.

The only thing that can change is the Newcastle board’s position.

“As things stand they haven’t budged either.”

Luke Edwards then following that up early today with the following – 27 August 2025:

“Newcastle have now had two bids rejected for Yoane Wissa and since then they have had two bids rejected for Larsen.

“I’m spotting a pattern here.

“They’re not trying to sign two strikers at the same time.

“Anyone spotting the bigger picture here?

“If you haven’t yet, take a moment.”

I think this is where we are getting clarity on the relative positions of both parties, the Newcastle United owners and Alexander Isak.

The Newcastle United owners very much still committed to the striker staying beyond this transfer window.

Alexander Isak very much still committed to leaving in this transfer window.

What I think is key is the man from The Telegraph’s big inference here, massive pointer to what the Newcastle United owners are intending.

For me, the big message is that the Newcastle United owners are committed to buying either Jorgen Strand Larsen OR Yoane Wisse AND keeping Alexander Isak.

My belief is that this has been the intention for some time, indeed the only plausible plan, certainly once Hugo Ekitike and Benjamin Sesko went elsewhere.

The Newcastle United owners are going to buy a replacement for Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak won’t be leaving.

Eddie Howe will then have either Yoane Wissa or Jorgen Strand Larsen available to play up front after the transfer window closes, ticking a huge box.

Then the ball will be very much in Alexander Isak’s court, whether he then accepts the only route forward is to apologise and rejoin group training and put himself forward as available to play. Or goes down a ridiculous route of still refusing to play, despite any outgoing transfer only possible in another four months at the earliest, or more realistically, in ten months or so time when the summer 2026 transfer window opens and Newcastle United can then sell him and buy a replacement.