The targets are flowing once more for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, however might the Magpies quickly face a battle to maintain him at St James’ Park?
The 25-year-old Sweden ahead scored for the fourth time in 4 video games to assist his facet battle again to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 on Sunday, and his all-round show impressed former Arsenal ahead Theo Walcott, who was looking forward to BBC MOTD2.
“While you speak in regards to the mould for the final word construct of an ideal striker, Isak has acquired all of these components,” Walcott informed BBC Sport.
“I’m not saying he’s excellent but, however he has acquired all of the attributes he must turn into excellent.
“Whether or not that can occur at Newcastle, I do not know. However they should tie him down fairly rapidly in any other case they’ll lose him.
“Isak is the kind of participant Arsenal genuinely want, however you’d say everybody wants a participant like him of their crew proper now, even Liverpool, and it’s not simply Premier League groups who can be attempting to pay money for him both.
“Have a look at Actual Madrid’s line-up at this second in time. They go for these Galacticos and purchase these unimaginable abilities, however they often put them in positions the place they’ll’t fairly do it.
“I might say that for those who put Isak in that Actual crew then he moulds them collectively differently, the place you may assume they now appear to be a really well-balanced crew.
“That’s the extent he is at, and I can completely perceive why all of the very prime groups would need him.
“In addition to his all-round ahead play, he scores targets as effectively – every kind of various targets. As I mentioned on MOTD2, his end towards Forest when the ball dropped for him within the field was pure class, after the sensible header he put away towards Arsenal final week.
“There may be extra to come back from him as effectively. Newcastle are a very good crew, however put him in a greater crew and he would get higher too.”
