Alexander Isak has scored his fair share of goals as a Newcastle United player despite only being at the club less than two years and suffering a number of injuries.
Isak has proved to be one of the best strikers in the Premier League at the minute when fit and some of his goals have been pretty spectacular.
In an interview with NUFCTV, Isak shared how he thought Joe Willock’s assist for his goal against Tottenham in the 6-1 victory at St James’ Park stood out as the best he’s received at Newcastle.
Isak names his favourite assist
Since joining the club from Real Sociedad in 2022, Isak has formed a great bond and friendship with Willock, though their injuries this season mean they’ve rarely shared a pitch together.
In what was an unbelievable season last year, the win against Tottenham in which Newcastle scored five in the first 21 minutes may just be the most memorable game of the whole campaign.
There were some pretty special goals scored in that game, but perhaps the most impressive was when Willock, on the halfway line, used the outside of his boot to curl the ball perfectly across the pitch and onto the path of Isak.
The Swedish striker was then able to fire his effort into the back of the net, his first of the game and Newcastle’s fourth after just 19 minutes, an unbelievable day at St James’ Park for more than one reason.
On Willock’s assist, Isak said: “For sure the best one. I’d like to have another one like that before the season ends.”
Newcastle must build this team around Isak
There have been a fair few rumours surrounding the future of some key Newcastle players as they struggle to deal with financial restrictions that are limiting what they can spend in the transfer window.
It’s been suggested that they could look to move on someone like Isak, Bruno Guimaraes or Sven Botman as the team’s most sellable assets to raise funds and reinvest in other areas.
As most Newcastle fans would agree, it seems a ridiculous thing to have to consider when trying to compete with the very best in the Premier League, and selling Isak would set them way back after working so hard to get in a strong position.
Top quality strikers are a really rare thing to come by these days and it’s why players like Ivan Toney have been linked with so many teams for such a high price of £100m.
Isak has proved he can do it at the highest level and if he can get his fitness in order there’s no telling how high his ceiling is once he really gets into a good rhythm.
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