Eddie Howe says that Alexander Isak was already nursing an injury when he made his £63million move from Newcastle United to Real Sociedad.
The striker is set to be unavailable to Newcastle until December having picked up a separate thigh injury while on duty with Sweden. But Howe is prepared for what could be a two month lay off for the player and sees it as an opportunity to get him fully "bedded in" on Tyneside.
Howe said: "If you are looking for the positive of this he will get a chance for the injury to heal and then we will get a mini pre-season to get him in peak condition. When he joined us he had a very minor hamstring problem, so even when he played against Liverpool he was not at 100% fitness.
