Key decision-makers at Newcastle, including chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan and co-owner Jamie Reuben, are firm in their message that Isak will not be sold this summer. The belief is that once the window closes, calm will return, and Newcastle will then table a contract that will make him the club’s highest earner.

Newcastle United have already moved on from the Hugo Ekitike saga after missing out on the Eintracht Frankfurt star last week. The Frenchman, instead, will join Liverpool after his medical was completed in London in recent days.