‘Nobody bigger than club’ - Newcastle United official gives Liverpool response to Alexander Isak saga
Newcastle United are at the centre of the summer’s biggest transfer saga involving Alexander Isak.
Shola Ameobi has insisted Newcastle United remain as ambitious as ever despite ongoing speculation surrounding Alexander Isak.
The former Toon striker - who played 397 games for the club - has been Newcastle’s loan manager since 2019 and is currently on the pre-season tour of Asia. Eddie Howe’s men have lost both games on the trip so far but, in truth, the football is at the back of everyone’s minds.
The Isak speculation has taken centre stage, with the forward staying at home while his teammates prepare for the new campaign. It was confirmed this morning that the 25-year-old is in Spain, training at former club Real Sociedad, amid the ongoing saga.
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Shola Ameobi on Alexander Isak saga
When asked by The Chronicle about whether Isak has outgrown Newcastle, Ameobi said: "No (nobody is bigger than the club). We have a big squad and they are all very popular and are all teammates, they have a chemistry.
"The whole thing can be unsettling, the surrounding noise behind it, I know inside the squad from being at the team hotel, everybody is focused on the job, that is to qualify through the group stages of the Champions League and make it back into the top four, while trying to win another trophy.
"That (the Isak situation) does not change any of that. We have to be level-headed around this and focus on the task in hand. It will be a long gruelling season."
PIF ownership remains ambitious
Ameobi also confirmed the Public Investment Fund remain as “ambitious” as ever to the long-term goal at St James' Park. He added: "At the end of the day, this is football and, when you are trying to mix it with the best teams, you are going to have great players that other teams want. The thing for us is where we are at as a club, an ownership, we are really ambitious. We want to do our best for the club.
"They have shown that right from the get go, and that is not going to change. There are things happening in the background. We are really keen to communicate that the club are going to do what is best for the club.
“Myself, being somebody who has lived this since I was a kid, it is great to see that ambition. Not only the manager and the staff, but all the ownership, the exec team, and the board, they are all on the same page and want us to win more trophies.
"Whatever happens will only be what is right for the club and I have great faith that the people who make the decisions will make the right ones long-term."
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