Newcastle will find it ‘complicated’ to keep hold of Alexander Isak and Bruno Guimaraes in the summer, according to Fabrizio Romano.The Magpies are facing a hugely important final few months of

Newcastle United star Alexander Isak is relishing the challenge of facing Liverpool - and Virgil van Dijk. Newcastle face the Reds in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday (kick-off 4:30pm), with Isak expected to lead the line as the club looks to end its 70-year domestic trophy drought.

With the end of season in sight, the race for Champions League qualification could be huge for Newcastle United in the fates of two strikers.

A Liverpool and Newcastle United combined XI ahead of the Carabao Cup final including Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak and more.

That went against usual football diplomacy, where players talk of only focusing on the next game, but that’s perhaps part of the charm. It’s also part of the strange dynamics of these occasions, that at once enrich football but can also make it so emotionally wrenching.

Yet he is perhaps looked upon most favourably by those on Tyneside. Whether United emerge victorious this weekend or not, whenever Trippier decides to depart Newcastle, he will be remembered as the standard setter - both on the pitch and in terms of exciting signings in the post-takeover era.