Former Watford captain Troy Deeney has urged Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak to sabotage training sessions in order to force a move to Liverpool. Isak, 25, has been at the centre of one of the Premier League’s biggest transfer sagas this summer,

The long and drawn-out saga between Alexander Isak, Newcastle United and Liverpool continues to rumble on as we approach the end of the summer transfer window – and Georginio Wijnaldum has hit back at a social media post that has linked something he said in 2016 to the Swede’s current situation.

When Newcastle United host Liverpool on Monday night, the focus will be on a player who won’t set foot on the pitch.