‘The ultimate mold for building a perfect striker’: How good is Newcastle’s Alexander Isak?

The goals are flowing again for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, but could the Magpies soon face a fight to retain him at St James’ Park?

The 25-year-old Swedish striker scored for the fourth time in four games to help his team come from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 on Sunday, and his performance impressed former Arsenal striker Theo Walcott, who was watching for the BBC. MOTD2.

“When you talk about the mold for the ultimate build of a perfect striker, Isak has all those elements,” Walcott told BBC Sport.

“I’m not saying he’s perfect yet, but he has all the attributes he needs to be perfect.

“Whether that will happen in Newcastle, I don’t know. But they need to tie him up pretty quickly, otherwise they will lose him.”

“Isak is the type of player Arsenal really need, but you’d think everyone needs a player like him in their team right now, even Liverpool, and it’s not just the Premier League teams that will be trying to get their hands on him. he.

“Look at Real Madrid’s lineup right now. They go after these Galacticos and buy these incredible talents, but sometimes they put them in positions where they can’t do it.

“I would say that if you put Isak in that Real team, he will mold them in a different way, where you would think that they now look like a very well-balanced team.

“That’s the level he’s at and I can absolutely understand why all the top teams would want him.

“As well as his all-round attacking game, he also scores goals, of all kinds. As I said in MOTD2, his shot against Forest when the ball fell to him in the area was pure class, after the brilliant header he scored against Arsenal the last week.

“There is also more to come from him. Newcastle are a good team, but if we put him in a better team, he would improve too.”