Alexander Isak must be kicking himself.

Having disseminated the message that he considered himself an ex-Newcastle player last week, perhaps he hadn’t realised there was still another bridge to burn.

How he must have looked on with envy on Monday as fellow transfer window rebel Yoane Wissa deleted all mention of Brentford from his Instagram profile in a move – it was breathlessly reported – that represented an “escalation” in his push to join, irony of ironies, Newcastle United.

Ridiculous, isn’t it? Rather than doing what they’re handsomely paid to do as the Premier League season kicks off, two of the division’s most prolific strikers make the conscious decision to sit on the sidelines, sending out various degrees of shade because their clubs refuse to roll over and have their bellies

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