Alexander Isak has not travelled with the rest of Newcastle United's squad for their pre-season tour of Asia, which concludes with a match against Tottenham Hotspur in Seoul. Newcastle said that the striker missed the tour with a minor thigh issue,

Eddie Howe has stressed his desire to see Alexander Isak play for Newcastle United again after Liverpool failed with a bid for the Sweden striker, but confessed he did not know if this was the end of the transfer saga.