Shearer questions Isak and Wissa moves amid Newcastle squad issues

Former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer has criticised the summer decisions of two recent arrivals from Newcastle’s transfer activity, saying their choices have left both club and country worse off as the season enters a critical phase. Speaking in an interview, Shearer pointed to Alexander Isak’s move to Liverpool and Yoane Wissa’s early international involvement as factors behind poor form and squad shortages that could have lasting consequences for their teams.

Shearer argued that Isak’s refusal to train and participate in preseason at Newcastle while seeking a move left him short of match fitness after his transfer to Liverpool. “It hasnt been the start to the season that Isak wouldve wanted,” Shearer said. Isak has scored once in six appearances for Liverpool and has failed to score in his last three games for Sweden. Sweden sit bottom of their World Cup qualifying group after defeats to Kosovo and Switzerland, and manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has been dismissed following the poor run of results.

On Wissa, who joined Newcastle in the summer and has yet to make his club debut, Shearer urged the forward to weigh up the club’s needs before committing to the Africa Cup of Nations....