Alexander Isak’s standoff with Newcastle escalated on Wednesday when the striker was ordered to train separately from his teammates and stay away from a lunchtime training‑ground barbecue.
Eddie Howe, Newcastle’s manager, had organised the gathering for his players and staff and their partners and children, but Isak was told to delay his arrival for solitary training until later in the afternoon. The rest of the first-team squad had been put through their paces by Howe as they reconvened for the first time since stepping off atheir near 15-hour flight from Seoul shortly after 8am on Monday.
