Chelsea and MU, although they really like striker Alexander Isak, they don't consider him an important transfer target this summer. The most important reason they “ignore” Isak is because the Newcastle fee is too high.
According to the Daily Mail, the Chelsea leadership did not participate in the race to win the signature of Isak because they were satisfied with the current squad, including the trio of strikers Liam Delap, Nicolas Jackson and Joao Pedro. Even if you have to sell Jackson, this club still has enough forces in the attack.
Coach Enzo Maresca is expected to rotate the player in the next season when Chelsea must fight in many arenas, so with the current enlarged army, they can hardly buy more. In fact, Chelsea is not unintentional for Isak but the number of 150 million pounds that Newcastle offers is unrealistic.
Therefore, instead of hunting Isak, “The Blues” considers Xavi Simons admission from RB Leipzig to increase the depth of midfield as well as prepare for the departure of Enzo Fernandez. The price of Xavi Simons is about 80 million pounds.
In another development, MU also abandoned the pursuit of Isak and many other expensive options like Jackson or Benjamin Sesko. With the price of 150 million pounds for Isak, MU cannot spend at this time.
They were almost impossible to compete with Liverpool and other Premier League rivals in many transfer cases after spending more than £ 130 million for two rookie Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cuha in this transfer window.
If you want to buy, MU must sell Antony, Garnacho, Malacia, Shaw or Andrre Onana … But until now, everything is quite stuck. MU is trying to convince Aston Villa to release Watins by using Garnacho to change horizontally but it seems unstable.
As for Isak, Newcastle United decided to eliminate Isak from the list of 30 players participating in the trip in Asia this summer. Newcastle's work shows that they want to be strong with “rebellious” players as well as prepare for breaking up Isak.