This has to be “moving week” in Newcastle United’s hunt for a new striker.

That is the view inside the club, where the intention this week is to inject new urgency into a flagging summer transfer window now the first team have returned from their pre-season tour of the Far East where football was the last thing on anyone’s mind.

There simply aren’t enough goals in the squad at the moment and with Alexander Isak unlikely to play a single minute in pre-season before the Premier League kick-off – with his future in considerable uncertainty – the intention is to sign a new striker by the time they travel to Aston Villa in a fortnight.

A bid nearing £70m for Benjamin Sesko last week was a statement of intent and an attempt to force the issue while Manchester United get their ducks in a row o

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