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Dan Burn: Amid rumours of Newcastle forward Alexander Isak hoping to leave the club during the summer transfer window, defender Dan Burns admitted that the team will be upset if they lost the Swedish striker due to how tight-knit the group is as a whole.

On Thursday, Isak was left out of Newcastle’s pre-season squad, citing a thigh injury. However, reports by ESPN suggest Isak has informed the club that he wishes to leave, and Liverpool, PSG and Al-Hilal are the three clubs interested. Newcastle is said to be not interested in letting him go.

"If we lost any player it would upset our tight-knit group that's been together for two or three years now. Any player that leaves, it doesn't help, but from our point of view, we're just going to control what we can control. We're looking forward to getting Alex back when he's fit.