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Sky Sports activities’ obsession with Alexander Isak continues, with it on show for all of the incorrect causes as soon as once more at the moment.
After final evening’s 4-0 mixture win over Arsenal, sending us to Wembley or the second time in three seasons, you’d assume the dialog would lastly stray away from the striker’s future.
Nonetheless, with former Gunner Paul Merson within the studio on Thursday morning to debate the sport…or the place our star striker goes to finish up this summer time.
Final evening was our THIRD win of the season over Arsenal. The Gunners haven’t gained a title for 22 years. We’re into the League Cup remaining and we confirmed everybody, as soon as once more, that Newcastle United is a particular, particular membership to play for with limitless potential when all of it clicks.
With that in thoughts, it felt like a shameless transfer from Sky to pull Isak’s future into the combination the morning after our greatest win of the season – particularly if you have a look at a few of Merson’s feedback.
“The place is he going to go? The place can he go?”. I get that his kind will entice curiosity, and I’m not shocked Merson desires him given how poor Arsenal’s Kai Havertz regarded final evening, but it surely’s turning into a bit foolish and disrespectful now.
Talking on Sky Sports activities this morning, Merson stated: “It’s going to all come right down to cash. I don’t know the lad. But when that’s what it extra seemingly comes right down to. If somebody is available in and presents some huge cash, , it is going to be arduous.
“So for me, I don’t know, in the mean time they’re within the remaining. In the event that they play Tottenham, possibly. In the event that they play Liverpool, it will be tougher.
“However yeah, the lad is a particular participant. However on the way in which in, I used to be pondering. The place is he going to go? The place can he go?
He’s not going to go Man Metropolis. He’s not going to go Man Utd. You already know, I don’t know if Man Utd have any cash to purchase anyone anyway. He’s not going to go Tottenham, he’s not going to go Villa.
“I feel he can solely go to Arsenal in the entire world actually, except it’s Actual Madrid, and they’ve Mbappe anyway.
“For me, it’s solely an Arsenal the place he can go. Then it is going to be as much as him, does he wish to go and play for Arsenal and would possibly win one thing. Or keep at Newcastle and would possibly win one thing.
“So it is going to be an attention-grabbing one however it can rely upon the truthful play rule as nicely. I don’t know what Newcastle must do.”
Merson did truly talk about the sport, though not in the identical depth, and admitted he’s hoping to see us go all the way in which now, whether or not it’s Spurs or Liverpool within the remaining.
Nonetheless, he does really feel it could’ve been a really completely different recreation had Martin Odegaard hit the opposite facet of probably the most moments earlier than Murphy made it 1-0:
Merson stated: “You’re speaking about two legs right here, this isn’t a one-off recreation the place Newcastle can get fortunate, or somebody will get despatched off or there’s an enormous mistake. This was over two legs they usually destroyed Arsenal, actually.
“Honest play to Newcastle. I do know they go on to win it 4-0, if Odegaard scores together with his proper foot it’s a distinct recreation, however that’s soccer. I feel, except you’re a Liverpool or Tottenham or Sunderland fan, who doesn’t need Newcastle to win this trophy? As a result of I’m positive, , I do.”
