The increasingly toxic transfer saga dragging him between Newcastle United and Liverpool will have supremely tested Isak’s stoic ambitions. How much self-control was deployed when he took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to declare that “the relationship can’t continue”?

Alexander Isak has gone public with his disquiet at Newcastle United. But there are no guarantees he will end up at Liverpool.

The impasse between Alexander Isak and his Premier League club Newcastle United is harming both parties, according to the club's former striker Alan Shearer.