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Howe keen to keep his top talent

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Vincent
Published date15 April 2024
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
The 24-year-old Sweden international, the Magpies' £63 million record signing, has been linked with both Arsenal and Tottenham in recent weeks amid the perception that the Saudi-backed club may have to trade to comply with profit and sustainability rules

Isak enhanced his blossoming reputation further with a superb double in a 4-0 Premier League victory over Spurs at St James' Park on Saturday to take his tally for an injury-interrupted season to 21.

Asked about the need to retain his services, head coach Howe said: "We are trying to build a team, we are trying to grow everything, really, upwards and to do that as quickly as possible and as efficiently as you can, you need to keep your best players, otherwise you enter a different period where you go into transition and you have to start again.

"Your top players, the elite ones, are so difficult to recruit, they're so difficult to find, so when we get them, we've got to try to keep them."

Isak left Micky van de Ven sitting on his backside to open the scoring on the half-hour and when Anthony Gordon did the same two minutes later, the visitors were in trouble.

Isak's equally...

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