Newcastle United issue official Alexander Isak statement as Premier League decision set
Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak has been nominated for the Premier League Player of the Month for the second month running.
Isak won December’s Player of the Month award after scoring eight goals and grabbing two assists in six matches for Newcastle in December. The 25-year-old has carried on his fine form into 2025 with five goals and an assist in four games in January.
Announcing Isak’s nomination, Newcastle’s official social media accounts posted: “Different class. Alexander Isak has been shortlisted for the @premierleague Player of the Month award for January!”
Explaining the nomination, the Premier League’s website read: “The winner of December 2024's award continued his excellent form with five goals and one assist in another outstanding month.
“The Swedish forward netted the winner in a 2-1 success at Tottenham Hotspur, following up with two goals against Wolverhampton Wanderers - against whom he also produced an assist for Anthony Gordon - and a brace at Southampton.”
In addition to his Premier League goals, Isak also scored in the 2-0 Carabao Cup semi-final first leg win at Arsenal earlier this month.
Premier League Player of the Month nominees - January 2025
Isak faced stiff competition last month, beating Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to the award despite the Egyptian contributing a league-record 14 goals in December with seven goals and seven assists to his name. He also beat his Newcastle team-mate Jacob Murphy to the award.
This month, his fellow nominees are Phil Foden (Manchester City), Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Dean Huijsen (AFC Bournemouth), Justin Kluivert (AFC Bournemouth), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace) and Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford).
The decision regarding the winner will be made next week with supporters having until 12pm (GMT) on Monday, February 3 to vote for a player here: premierleague.com/news/4236551.
Votes will be combined with those from a panel of football experts to determine the winner.