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There isn’t a debate that Newcastle want a brand new proper winger. With us but to signal one because the Saudi-backed takeover in 2021, we’re nonetheless taking a look at Miguel Almiron and Jacob Murphy as our choices.
It seems as if this will probably be Almiron’s final season at Newcastle. With a January exit attainable, the necessity for a proper winger will probably be much more determined ought to the Paraguayan depart. It could possibly be argued that we’ll quickly want two.
Nevertheless, a problem with the January window is it may be troublesome to do enterprise mid-season, particularly when signing “elite gamers”. So, the duty for Newcastle to signal the highest proper winger we want within the upcoming window could possibly be extraordinarily robust.
My answer could be signing a stop-gap possibility who’s an improve on our present choices however is an acceptable again up subsequent season. Up to now we now have seen choices like Morgan Whittaker talked about, which might match this mould, however a participant which has caught my eye this season is the Danish worldwide Gustav Isaksen of Lazio.
Isaksen is a 23-year-old proper winger who was born in Hjerk in Denmark. He stands at 5’10ft; peak for a large man and one thing Eddie Howe appears to love in his squad, the place attainable. The Dane spent his youth and early days in his profession at Fc Midtjylland, who’re well-known for his or her youth manufacturing, producing gamers like Onyedika, Kjaer, Joachim Andersen and lots of extra.
Final summer season, Lazio introduced in Isaksen for 7.5 million euros. He was primarily used off the bench final season and solely gathered 1074 minutes. However this season he appears to have discovered himself a spot within the beginning 11 and has already picked up 546 minutes within the Serie A this season, selecting up one objective and one help, together with a objective within the Europa League. I’ll admit the numbers don’t stand out, however there’s actual expertise and potential there, having delivered a 22-goal and nine-assist season for Midtjylland as a 21-year-old through the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
What’s his position for Lazio? Underneath new supervisor Marco Baroni, Lazio have gone to a 4-2-3-1. With Isaksen taking part in as their proper winger, he loves to chop inside and hyperlink play in central areas. Nevertheless, an issue he’s having is he’s typically caught out extensive holding width as their Proper again is instructed to type a again three in possession and create a 3-1-6 form. Because of this Isaksen doesn’t have somebody overlapping him, which for my part isn’t getting the perfect out of him, as he wants gamers to assist create house for him to chop inside and get into harmful objective scoring conditions. Lazio do prefer to press although – they push as much as a well-liked 4-2-4 form – and Isaksen has benefited from that, typically curving his runs, sprinting when vital and has good understanding of his position.
How would he match into this Newcastle aspect? I feel he would slot in properly. He’s a tall, bodily left footed proper winger, who can function out extensive and in central areas, which is essential because of the newfound fluidity of this Newcastle aspect. He is a superb crosser of the ball, technically sound and hyperlinks play properly. He would actually assist enhance our proper aspect combos. One factor I really feel he must work on is his off-ball actions, particularly within the field. Another excuse why he doesn’t rating a lot is because of his field actions, typically not arriving within the appropriate positions or is late to reach or simply made the fallacious choice and tried to do it himself. He jogs my memory numerous Anthony Gordon at Everton and look what has occurred to him since his transfer to St James’ Park.
Clearly, this signing could be a threat as a result of him having no Premier League expertise and a restricted objective scoring tally in a prime 5 league. However there’s potential and expertise there.
One thing that has been talked about rather a lot is attempting to purchase within the dip, and that is precisely what we might be doing with Isaksen. I do additionally wish to notice, this can be a signing I’d wish to be made within the case we are able to’t signal an elite proper winger in January; he isn’t my first selection. However I do consider, with Almiron leaving, that we have to signal two proper wingers throughout the subsequent two home windows.
Isaksen ought to solely price about £20 million, which in immediately’s market is a really respectable value for a participant who’s an improve on all our present proper wing choices.
