Newcastle host Liverpool on Monday night, a fixture framed by the striker who has dominated the summer transfer window

"If I'm a Newcastle player, I don't want Isak back," Rooney said on the BBC's Wayne Rooney Show. "I think if players leave football clubs - and that happens all the time - there's a way to go about it. "You can't go on strike, can't not turn up for training and train with your team-mates.

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.