Ambitious Thinking or Calculated Strategy?Liverpool have already flexed their transfer muscle this summer, securing the exciting talents of Jeremie Frimpong, Florian

The imminent exits of chief executive Darren Eales and sporting director Paul Mitchell at Newcastle, which will be made formal at the end of June, means the manager and his namesake Andy Howe, the Magpies' assistant head of recruitment, are heading up transfer business, but in-roads have yet to really be made on either Elanga and Trafford.

Alexander Isak is constantly linked with an Anfield switch and clarity has now emerged over when the blockbuster move could start