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Newcastle legend Shearer: Why I love Isak

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer admits he's a big fan of Alexander Isak.

And he feels there's more to come from the Swede.

Shearer said: “I love Isak, not just because of who he plays for or the position he plays in, or his excellent record of 23 goals in 36 starts in all competitions, but because of how he does it.

“As a kid — he's still only 24 — he was inevitably compared to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, another Swedish legend, but the comparison they make within Newcastle's coaching staff is to Thierry Henry.

"You can see it in that blistering pace, the languid grace, that gorgeous, fluid movement."

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