Newcastle legend Chris Waddle has praised Alexander Isak and believes the Arsenal transfer target has all the hallmarks of being the ‘ideal’ Premier League centre forward. The Sweden international has been in superb recent form, equalling a club record last weekend by scoring in a seventh successive match.
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Arsenal have long been linked with a player who first came to their attention during his time at Real Sociedad. Mikel Arteta is understood to remain keen on the 25-year-old who is valued at an astonishing £150 million by his current club. Isak will get a chance to show Arsenal what they are missing out on again tonight as the two teams lock horns in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.
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Waddle believes the Newcastle hero would be a perfect fit for the Gunners as long as he is able to maintain his fitness. Injuries have been a problem for Isak, who scored the winning goal when the two teams met earlier this season at St James’ Park, but the striker looks to have overcome those issues.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. He told Prime Casino: ‘We don’t know if Isak is very interested in going to Arsenal. Moving to London, heading south, that appeals to a lot of players.
‘Isak doesn’t really do a lot of interviews. He doesn’t really give a lot away, just gets on with his game. He’s had injury problems in his career. Arsenal might be thinking twice about spending £100 million plus on him because of that history.
