Players.bio is a large online platform sharing the best live coverage of your favourite sports: Football, Golf, Rugby, Cricket, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA, plus the latest sports news, transfers & scores. Exclusive interviews, fresh photos and videos, breaking news. Stay tuned to know everything you wish about your favorite stars 24/7. Check our daily updates and make sure you don't miss anything about celebrities' lives.

Contacts

  • players.bio

Sweden call up Isak despite his standoff with Newcastle

Sweden have called up Alexander Isak for next month's World Cup qualifiers despite the striker’s standoff with his Premier League club Newcastle United.

The 21-year-old missed Newcastle’s pre-season tour and was left to train alone after he tried to force a transfer, a situation his manager Eddie Howe described as "lose-lose".

"First and foremost, it is not an ideal situation. Ideally, the player should have been training and playing with the club team," Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson said on Wednesday.

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres has also been called up, but Tottenham Hotspur’s Dejan Kulusevski will miss out through injury and captain Victor Lindelof is unavailable after leaving Manchester United and not having joined another club.

"Victor (Lindelof) is an important player for us, but right now he doesn't have a club and hasn't trained collectively," Tomasson said.

Sweden play away games against Slovenia on September 5 and Kosovo three days later.

Read more on channelnewsasia.com
DMCA