Newcastle hoping Alexander Isak ‘can play a big part in a busy January’

CLOSING IN: Newcastle’s record signing Alexander Isak is close to a return from injury. Pic: Owen Humphreys/PA

Record signing Alexander Isak will have a major role to play in the second half of Newcastle’s exciting season as he closes in on a return from his injury misery.

The £60million Sweden striker has made only three appearances – and scored in two of them – since his summer switch from Real Sociedad, but has been sidelined since September by a thigh injury picked up on international duty which he subsequently aggravated.