Freddie Ljungberg urges ‘special’ Alexander Isak to join Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester City

Freddie Ljungberg ‘hopes’ Alexander Isak joins a Premier League elephantine similar Arsenal, Chelsea oregon Manchester City wherever helium tin ‘go to the implicit top’.

Isak has established himself arsenic 1 of the astir highly-rated forwards successful the Premier League since arriving successful England successful the summertime of 2022.

The Sweden planetary reached treble digits successful his archetypal play astatine St James’ Park and bagged 25 goals successful each competitions past season, with lone Cole Palmer and Erling Haaland contributing much successful the Premier League.

Isak has been repeatedly linked with immoderate of the biggest clubs successful Europe but Newcastle person truthful acold been capable to support imaginable suitors astatine bay.

Ljungberg, a two-time Premier League winner, believes Isak tin spell to different level astatine the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea oregon Man City and has described his compatriot arsenic ‘freaking special’.

‘I similar Isak. His apical level is huge,’ the Arsenal fable told Swedish outlet Expressen.

‘He has these ace apical qualities that I, arsenic a coach, mightiness look for. I privation players who person immoderate ace power, past you tin enactment them successful peculiar situations and cognize that they volition marque a difference.

‘His apical qualities are truthful freaking peculiar that I deliberation helium tin beryllium adjacent better. He could spell each the mode up to the implicit apical due to the fact that of the velocity helium has, the bully finishes and the knowing of the game.

‘This is the subordinate for whom I privation things to spell truthful incredibly well. He seems truthful humble and down to earth, and it feels similar helium conscionable wants to enactment hard and play football.

‘I truly anticipation helium tin instrumentality the adjacent step. Newcastle is simply a bully club. There is thing incorrect with that.

‘But astatine immoderate constituent I anticipation helium goes to Arsenal, Chelsea oregon Man City wherever helium tin determination successful goals. That’s what I hope.’

The beingness of Erling Haaland means Manchester City bash not presently request different striker but some Arsenal and Chelsea expressed involvement successful signing a caller goalscorer past summer.

Both clubs decided to support their pulverization adust and look to person made a omniscient determination with Kai Havertz and Nicolas Jackson impressing for their respective clubs truthful acold this season.

Isak has been sidelined for a period but is acceptable to instrumentality to enactment connected Saturday day erstwhile Newcastle look Brighton astatine St James’ Park.

Eddie Howe’s side, who played successful the Champions League past season, person lone mislaid 1 of their opening 7 games to beryllium conscionable extracurricular the top-four places up of the sojourn of Brighton.

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