Eddie Howe watches his Newcastle players - in the Saudi Arabian colours - celebrate their late equaliser against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Sunday. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Getty ImagesLast Thursday, Newcastle announced the signing of Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad for €70 million. His arrival reassures the Newcastle fans that their Saudi owners hadn’t forgotten they recently bought a Premier League club.
Eddie Howe’s two options at centre-forward had been Chris Wood, a slow target man, and Callum Wilson, a fast finisher. Isak is more of an all-rounder, combining some of the qualities of Wilson and Wood, and he should give Howe a skilful attacking focal point for his 4-3-3 system. “Eddie Howe is doing a great job” became instant conventional wisdom over the second half of last season, as Newcastle rose from 19th to 11th place with only a £90 million January transfer injection to help them on their way.
See for example a recent interview by Bernardo Silva, the brilliant Portugal midfielder who has asked to leave Manchester City in each of the last three summers, but is still there because nobody can afford to get him out. “I’m not complaining here, but I feel like other clubs get a lot more credit than Man City for doing less,” he told ESPN.
In reality City had the most players in the PFA Team of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2021; the only time they won the league and didn’t have the most Team of the Year players was last season — when Liverpool finished one point behind them while winning both cups and reaching the Champions League final. But though the grievances may be imaginary, the irritation seems real enough.
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