As the clock ticks on a possible British record transfer for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, there is one man who must be feeling the pressure as much as anyone – his agent Vlado Lemic.

With just five days left of the transfer window, Isak’s scorched earth policy at St James’ Park is reaching its end game.

Newcastle say he is not for sale but Liverpool’s interest endures and the fact they have not moved for an alternative suggests they believe a deal remains possible.

Insiders now expect the saga to go down to the wire.

But for all the focus on who will blink first out of Newcastle and Liverpool, Isak’s preferred destination, it is Serbian representative Lemic who might have most to lose with 1 September looming on the horizon.

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