Alexander Isak will not be at St James' Park for Newcastle's game against Liverpool on Monday night but the Reds may already be moving on to leave the striker in limbo

The striker remains in exile, and a resolution could finally be reached in the final week of the transfer window

Darwin Núñez and Luis Díaz have been offloaded to Al Hilal and Bayern Munich respectively. If it is possible to look beyond the human tragedy of Diogo Jota’s heartbreaking passing, the former striker represents another attacking absence.