Jose Enrique believes Newcastle should sell 'injury-prone' star Alexander Isak.
The Swede was one of the club's new owners marquee signings when he arrived from Real Sociedad in 2022 and has gone on to score 29 goals in 59 appearances for the Magpies.
However, the striker has missed large chunks of action with niggling injuries, and with the club looking to carefully navigate FFP, former Newcastle defender Enrique told Grosvenor Sport he thinks the club should look to cash in on Isak this summer.
“The problem with Alexander Isak – and we’ve said this about him even when he was at Real Sociedad – is that he’s always injured,” he explained.
“The way Newcastle want to play is with high intensity and pressing from the front and you can’t be expected to fulfil that if you’re getting three or four injuries every year. Callum Wilson has exactly the same problem by the way – he misses far too many games too. If someone comes along and offers them the £70m that they spent to sign him in the first place then they need to think about it.
“I don’t understand how the owners with all their money have come along and bought the club yet they’re not being allowed to spend like Manchester City and Chelsea have done in the past. The reality is that they’re performing badly against FFP regulations and are going to have to sell someone.
“It’s not just a question of quality – I think Isak is that good that he can play for Liverpool or Manchester United for example – but it’s a question of availability too. He’s too injury prone, to the extent that if someone came with a lot of money this summer which gave Newcastle the opportunity to sign someone slightly worse but consistently fit, they’d have to consider that option.”
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