Alexander Isak is said to have agreed to let his representative conduct an unexpected deal to leave Newcastle United. Accordingly, his dock is Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal Club.
The Swedish striker has just experienced a sublimation season, scoring 27 goals in all arenas, helping Cham Champion of the League Cup and winning tickets to the Champions League next season. During this summer, Isak is the target of Liverpool's closely pursuing at a rumored price of up to £ 120 million.
However, the rumors of moving to Anfield have settled down after Newcastle announced the withdrawal from the Hugo Ekitike deal, who was interested in Liverpool.
But on Friday afternoon, Isak's future suddenly turned to another direction when the information that Saudi Pro Hilal Club of Saudi Pro League would really want to recruit him and be ready to spend a large fee to achieve that.
Al Hilal is owned by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), which is also a unit that controls Newcastle. This raises concerns about the possibility of conflicting interests, but according to a source from reporter Santi Arouna (Football Mercato), there is no legal obstacle that can break the deal. Even, Isak is said to have expressed interest and allows his representative to promote negotiations.
Currently, the negotiations between Isak representatives and Al Hilal are being conducted, while the striker still joins Newcastle to attend the pre -season training trip at Austria.
Isak's current contract with the St James' Park team is still valid until June 2028, with a salary of about £ 150,000/week. According to The Sun, before leaving the leadership role at the club, Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi promised to propose a new contract for Isak. However, the former Sports Director Paul Mitchell delayed the negotiation process, which made Isak feel dissatisfied.
Isak joined Newcastle from Real Sociedad in 2022 with a record price of 63 million pounds. Since then, he has scored 62 goals after 109 matches and gradually reached out to be one of the best strikers in the world today.
Despite being transferred, Isak is expected to be in a friendly match against Celtic on Saturday. This is the starting screen for the Asian tour, where Newcastle will face Arsenal, the team of K-League and Tottenham stars.