Newcastle fans turned on Alexander Isak after their goalless draw in their first competitive match without the striker, as Eddie Howe underlined he wants the situation resolved.Isak remains on strike as he seeks to push through a move to Liverpool, with the Mail‘s Craig Hope reporting he is set for a club-record fine for missing Saturday’s match at Aston Villa.Liverpool have not returned with a bid since their offer in the region of £110 million was rejected at the start of the month, seeing relations continue to sour at St James’ Park as the standoff continues.As the players walked towards the tunnel at Villa Park, Newcastle supporters chanted, “There’s only one greedy b*****d” in what was a clear message to who was once a fan favourite.Soon after they reportedly resorted to what they once directed at Mike Ashley, chanting: “We don’t care about Isak, he don’t care about me, all we are about, is NUFC.”? “There’s only one greedy b******” from the NUFC end on full-time pic.twitter.com/gPhQhNQy4V— Craig Hope (@CraigHope_DM) August 16, 2025With all the focus on the Swede’s future, Howe stressed to TNT Sports he is ready for the situation to be “resolved quickly.”“It’s a difficult one to answer,” he said. “I hope it’s resolved quickly, because it’s sort of news around us all the time.“Rather than focusing on what we need to do on the pitch and all the things that go into a performance today, then players manage to shut that out and just perform, and we’ve done that consistently, so we’re gonna have to continue to do that.“We could do without the narrative against us. But what will be will be.” Howe later maintained that “the door is still open” for Isak to be welcomed back into the fold, but that “he needs to decide what he wants to do.” Isak’s actions are pretty clear in that regard, though.Newcastle‘s next match is against Liverpool a week on Monday, and it is difficult to see the Magpies’ hierarchy sanctioning any sale that would allow Isak to play against them on August 25.“It’s always spicy against Liverpool, there’s a history with the fixture anyway, Newcastle vs. Liverpool, it’s been an unbelievable fixture over the years, Premier League years,” Howe added on the fixture.“So we look forward to it. We respect them when we know how good they are. But hopefully, on the back of today, we’re ready for it.”