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Wantaway Isak named in Sweden squad for World Cup qualifiers
The Journal
|August 28, 2025
NEWCASTLE'S wantaway striker Alexander Isak has been called up to play for Sweden next month.
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Isak, who has made clear his desire to leave the club despite having three years remaining on his contract, is part of a 24-man group named by Sweden coach and former Magpie Jon Dahl Tomasson yesterday for World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Kosovo on September 5 and 8.
Isak has been training alone since missing Newcastle’s preseason tour to Singapore and South Korea.
This story is from the August 28, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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