Alexander Isak remains unavailable for selection for Newcastle heading into the start of the Premier League season amid ongoing uncertainty over the Sweden striker's future at the club.

However, Alexander Isak will not be in the Newcastle side who face Aston Villa on Saturday and that means a dark cloud continues to hang over the club. Here, we have pulled together some of the questions and our answers from Thursday’s season-preview live Q&A with Newcastle United correspondent Chris Waugh and senior writer George Caulkin.

With Liverpool waiting in the wings, having seen an offer in the region of £110 million ($149.2 million) rejected, Isak has been training separately from his Newcastle teammates for much of the summer and won’t be involved in this weekend’s Premier League opener against Aston Villa.