Isak saga sets tone for 'absolutely huge' match

Image caption, Alexander Isak's desire to join Liverpool has added spice to the Reds' game against Newcastle UnitedArne Slot just wanted to be sure.

"St James' Park, it is, yeah?" the Liverpool manager asked in the lead-up to his side's game against Newcastle United.

Slot will be left in no doubt where he is on Monday night. Geordies will make sure of that.

This is Newcastle's first home game of the campaign. It's a bank holiday. And the champions are coming to town.

But the Alexander Isak saga has added a heap of spice to the occasion as the wantaway striker's suitors rock up on Tyneside.

Eddie Howe needed no reminding of that.

"We have got to concentrate on what we need to do and not get too…