Newcastle are sticking to their guns and won't negotiate with Barça over Alexander Isak's transfer

Alexander Isak appeared to be one of the top candidates in the FC Barcelona forward casting process. The Catalans are looking for a possible replacement for Robert Lewandowski in the short or medium term and the Swede was presented as one of the club's 'surprise' options, which had already tried to sign him in the past when he belonged to Real Sociedad before heading to Newcastle.

The 'Magpies' bet on the goalscorer was huge, paying 75 million euros for a player who, until then, had left more doubts than certainties. However, the player has experienced significant progress in the Premier League and has established himself as one of the best in the world in his position, although this season he has barely had any playing time due to a toe injury.

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Beyond this, Eddie Howe is delighted with his great reference in attack and intends to continue counting on him for many more years, which is why the offices of St. James' Park have reportedly closed the door to negotiating the transfer of the player. In Barcelona they saw him as a great alternative for the attack if the signing of Erling Haaland finally became unviable, but the Magpies seem to have left them without options.

In fact, 'El Nacional.cat' has assured that Newcastle intend to improve his current contract, which expires in 2028, and would only agree to analyze his sale if an astronomical proposal arrives. An offer that Barça does not intend to make, so everything points to the fact that the Blaugranas have definitively rejected his arrival and would set their sights on other objectives, among which stand out, in addition to Haaland, Viktor Gyökeres, Benjamin Sesko or Darwin Núñez.