Will Alexander Isak stay at Newcastle?

The Game Football Podcast

The Times

Sports, Soccer

3.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Times’ Northern Sports Correspondent Martin Hardy analyses the chances of Alexander Isak remaining at St James’ Park and the potential destinations should Newcastle’s star striker leave. He also discusses preparations ahead of massive seasons for newly promoted clubs Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley. Plus, Hamzah Khalique-Loonat on Lee Carsley’s England Under 21s, who are into a second successive European Championship final.

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0:36.4	Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Times.
0:40.3	On Monday's show, we found out how clubs in the Northwest and Midlands were getting on,
0:44.3	and we enjoyed it so much that we thought we'd head north to hear about Newcastle,
0:48.5	Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley on today's show.
0:51.6	We'll also talk to our man at the under 21 European championships where
0:55.8	Lee Carsley's England are into a second successive final after a two-one win against the Netherlands.
1:02.3	I'm Tom Clark and joining me today, we have the former footballer and writer Gregor Robertson,
1:06.0	as usual. And for the first half of the show, we have the Times Northern Sports Correspondent
1:09.9	Martin Hardy with us as well.
1:11.6	Martin, hello.
1:12.4	Hello, how are you? Are you okay?
1:13.9	Yeah, good, mate.
1:14.7	I've realised I've got you and Gregor on this show, which I've basically made myself a Southerner now.
1:18.9	It's an absolute disgrace.
1:20.7	You're a bit southern anyway, to be fair now, Tom.
1:23.2	You've got dual nationality.
1:24.9	Oh, here we go he went home last weekend for his birthday and he came back sound really
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