{"id":9402,"date":"2022-02-13T15:04:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T20:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/13\/arsenal-dealt-blow-in-pursuit-of-alexander-isak\/"},"modified":"2022-02-13T15:04:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T20:04:44","slug":"arsenal-dealt-blow-in-pursuit-of-alexander-isak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/13\/arsenal-dealt-blow-in-pursuit-of-alexander-isak\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal dealt blow in pursuit of Alexander Isak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>An update on reported Arsenal target Alexander Isak has emerged recently.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Isak was linked with Arsenal during January, with <strong>101<\/strong>\u00a0covering\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-have-70-million-euro-bid-for-real-sociedads-alexander-isak-rejected\/\">reports<\/a>\u00a0on deadline day that suggested the Gunners saw a \u20ac70m bid for the Swede turned down.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, in a recent interview, Isak was asked about interest from Arsenal, but remained coy on the situation: \u201cI am not talking about other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a Real player, I work here and this is my club. My work is on the pitch, and as I told you before, there are other people who work outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hitman was then asked if he will stay at Sociedad, to which he responded: \u201cYou can never be sure of anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I always say, you never know what can happen in football but in the end I\u2019m here, happy, and nothing more.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Alexander Isak asked if he will stay at Real Sociedad:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can never be sure of anything. As I always say, you never know what can happen in football but in the end I\u2019m here, happy, and nothing more.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQ94GzGQ7q\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/GQ94GzGQ7q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Wheatley (@ChrisWheatley_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWheatley_\/status\/1488874153017061376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWhilst that interview did not give too much away about Isak\u2019s real interest in Arsenal, new reports look to have done so and it does not seem to be great news for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/transfer-news\/arsenal-news-transfers-live-tielemans-23081593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">football.london<\/a> citing Spanish outlet Sport, Alexander Isak prefers a move to Barcelona over a transfer to Mikel Arteta\u2019s Arsenal in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Who else can Arsenal target instead of Alexander Isak?<\/p>\n<p>If Isak does not end up going to Arsenal, it remains clear that Mikel Arteta\u2019s side need a new striker in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>But who could they target? Dusan Vlahovic has already moved to Juventus, whilst you would assume Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Ollie Watkins, who Arsenal have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/the-latest-on-arsenals-striker-hunt-as-gunners-told-to-cough-up-e90m\/\">linked<\/a> with this year, would likely cost a fair bit given they are English and have Premier League experience.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/atalanta-bc-vs-juventus-turin-live-streaming-watch-serie-a-online-2\/\">Atalanta BC vs Juventus Turin live streaming: Watch Serie A online<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/live-streaming-match-previews\/fc-metz-vs-olympique-marseille-live-streaming-watch-ligue-1-online-2\/\">FC Metz vs Olympique Marseille live streaming: Watch Ligue 1 online<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update on reported Arsenal target Alexander Isak has emerged recently. Alexander Isak was linked with Arsenal during January, with 101\u00a0covering\u00a0reports\u00a0on deadline day that suggested the Gunners saw a \u20ac70m bid for the Swede turned down. Elsewhere, in a recent interview, Isak was asked about interest from Arsenal, but remained coy on the situation: \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-9402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}