Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe makes fresh Alexander Isak admission as Liverpool watch on

Eddie Howe admits he doesn’t know if Alexander Isak will train with Newcastle United next week.

Howe’s squad fly back to England tonight after rounding off their pre-season tour of Asia with a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Isak missed the visit to Singapore and South Korea, with the official reason being a “minor thigh injury”. However, that did not stop the player from travelling to Spain to train individually at former club Real Sociedad.

Howe admitted he found out about Isak’s visit to San Sebastian through the media. The Swede wants to leave this summer but United have so far rejected a £110million bid from Liverpool.

Will Alexander Isak return to Newcastle United’s training ground next week?

The 25-year-old is understood to have flown back to Tyneside on Saturday evening, with Newcastle due to land back from Seoul on Monday morning.

The Magpies will train at their Benton training ground early next week ahead of the weekend double-header at St James’ Park against Espanyol and Atletico Madrid.

Asked if Isak will train, Howe told Mail Sport: "Of course I'd like him to be, but whether he will I don’t know at this moment in time. Other people have been dealing with that situation back at home.”

Newcastle United trying to find Alexander Isak replacement

Liverpool remain at the table for Isak, but another move is set to be dependent on Newcastle finding a replacement.

Newcastle have submitted a club-record bid worth £70million, which is understood to meet Leipzig’s valuation of the striker. However, further talks are taking place over how the deal will be structured.

Manchester United have also held talks with Sesko’s representatives and Leipzig. Depending on how those talks progress, they will decide whether to make a bid.

Sesko was left out of Leipzig’s 2-1 pre-season friendly defeat to Atalanta on Saturday as a result of the speculation, as confirmed by managing Marcel Schafer.

Schafer said: “Due to very concrete interest from several clubs, we decided he wouldn’t play today. “When I say there’s been strong interest and clubs have approached us directly, it’s obvious what that means.

“I want to make it clear that this doesn’t mean he’s already on his way to another club. And it also doesn’t mean that Benji won’t play next week.”

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