Newcastle fought to keep Alexander Isak and were linked with Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike and Viktor Gyökeres. Maybe they have found the right manBy WhoScoredWhen Alexander Isak sealed his £125m British record transfer to Liverpool, Newcastle fans braced themselves for a period of turbulence. Losing their talismanic striker, who scored 54 goals in 86 Premier League appearances, felt like a decisive blow – until a 6ft6in German forward began to quietly win them over.Replacing a centre-forward is not as simple as matching goals with goals. Newcastle’s task was to replace a player around whom the team’s attacking identity had been built? The answer was 23-year-old Nick Woltemade, a young, promising forward from VFB Stuttgart but untested at the very top level. Continue reading...