Eddie Howe won’t be picking Alexander Isak. Isak isn’t happy with Newcastle. Newcastle aren’t happy with Isak or Liverpool. Newcastle don’t have a striker to start but the player operating instead of one could have gone to Liverpool last summer.

Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer discussed the Alexander Isak transfer saga ahead of Newcastle and Liverpool's Premier League clash on Monday, which will see Hugo Ekitike face the side he snubbed

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has now given an update on a possible move for the Senegal international, who is 'definitely set' to depart Chelsea this window. Romano reports that both Newcastle and German heavyweights Bayern Munich have 'called' Chelsea in recent days to ask about a possible transfer.