The key passage in Alexander Isak's bombshell statement that's left many at Newcastle baffled, what his teammates really think - and what the club will do now: CRAIG HOPE

Alexander Isak is rolling the dice, and his desperate hope is that the numbers land on a British-record move to Liverpool and a lucrative, double-your-money contract.

Sources close to the situation believe his bombshell statement, released on Tuesday night, is the striker’s response to a growing realisation that the door has been closing on his dream transfer.