Alexander Isak has snubbed Newcastle United teammate Anthony Gordon when naming the fastest player in the Premier League.
Both Gordon and Isak are considered amongst the fastest players at Newcastle United and for good reason.
Bruno Guimaraes thinks Gordon is faster than Isak, although other members of the squad have a different point of view.
In fact, Jacob Murphy thinks William Osula is Newcastle’s fastest player.
Isak formed part of a panel of Premier League players asked to name who they thought was the fastest and, perhaps surprisingly, he overlooked Gordon.
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Alexander Isak names the fastest player in the Premier League
A group of players across the division were given various top speed stats coupled with images of some of the Premier League’s quickest stars.
They were asked to pair the photo of the player with the top speed, ranking them from fastest to slowest.
Interestingly, when it came to Isak’s turn, he in fact named Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven as the fastest player in the division.
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“I know Van de Ven is number one,” he said.
He then picked Anthony Elanga in second and Gordon in third, saying of his Newcastle teammate: “I’m guessing, but Ant”, when making his selection.
Gordon was in fact fifth in the list, with a top speed tracked at 36.86/kmh. Van de Ven was the fastest, having been tracked at 37.38kmh.
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It seems the speed of Gordon, Osula and Isak is rated highly behind the scenes at St James’ Park.
Still, there’s another player who could feasibly claim to be the fastest Newcastle player.
Earlier this season, Harvey Barnes was named as Newcastle’s fastest player, with a top speed of 34.7kmh.
Eddie Howe boasts a number of dynamic forwards in his squad, which perhaps explains the team’s success this season.
Hopefully, supporters get to see all of them at their quickest when Everton come to town for the final game of the season on Sunday.