Alexander Isak appeared to be one of FC Barcelona's options to take over from Robert Lewandowski, who will be 38 years old when his contract with the club expires in 2026. The Swede has been on the Barcelona agenda since his time at Real Sociedad and the Catalans have reportedly started to follow him closely again in recent weeks to reinforce the forward line.
The player has turned around his difficult start to the season by scoring in the last two Premier League matches against Chelsea and Arsenal and is aiming to recover his best form. However, the striker is not very happy with his situation at Newcastle and is open to changing teams next summer, a scenario that Barça wanted to take advantage of.
The reasons why Hansi Flick ruled out his signing
Despite this, Hansi Flick has reportedly ruled out adding Isak to his squad. According to 'El Nacional.cat', the German considers that the player is excessively irregular, and that he is not a high-scorer. So far this season, the player has only scored 4 goals and 1 assist in 10 games, figures that are far from Lewandowski's 17 goals and 2 assists in 15 games.
In addition, his transfer would be extremely expensive, since Newcastle paid 70 million euros to Real for his transfer and the attacker is valued at 75 million euros according to 'Transfermarkt'. For these reasons, Flick has asked the sports management to focus their efforts on other forwards who offer greater guarantees, with Viktor Gyökeres or Jonathan David as alternatives to Laporta's great dream, Erling Haaland.