Alexander Isak's agent was banned by club and had conflict with Premier League legend

Vlado Lemic, the agent of Alexander Isak, was once banned from big European side and has clashed with a Premier League legend.

Despite the fact that there is still over two weeks left in the transfer window, it's already been made clear that the saga surrounding Newcastle United striker Isak will be the story of the summer.

The Sweden international has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool, with both the player and the club said to be eager to get a deal across the line the coming weeks.

After he was promised a big move this summer by his agent Lemic, Isak is clearly frustrated by how long it is taking to secure a move, leading to him skipping training and going on strike.

But it appears that this isn't the first time that Isak's agent has found himself surrounded by drama, as he was once banned from a top European club and has also clashed with a former Premier League star.

Isak wants a move to Liverpool this summer (Image: Getty)

According to a report from journalist Ryan Ferguson, Lemic was once a highly influential figure at Dutch side PSV Eindhoven following his involvement in bringing several key players to the club.

Lemic had strong ties to key figures at the club, including former managers Guus Hiddink and Ronald Koeman, and had brought the likes of Mateja Kežman, Jefferson Farfan and Heurelho Gomes to the Philips Stadion.

The player agent became a regular visitor of the PSV training ground and eventually found himself growing close with technical manager Stan Valckx.

Although Lemic was initially a popular figure at the club, Ferguson claims that things later changed as some directors became unsettled by him, viewing him as a shady figure that had far too much power within PSV.

These feelings allegedly came to a head in 2007 as Jan Reker took over control as Chief Executive Officer of PSV and was immediately urged by club executives to limit Lemic's influence.

Eventually, this led to PSV, led by Reker, controversially claiming that, together, Lemic and Valckx had been skimming money from profits of club transfers.

Although no wrongdoing was ever proved definitively, Valckx was sacked while Lemic was banned from the club, with all of his player sold shortly after.

Isak played for Dutch side Willem II early in his career. (Image: VI Images via Getty Images)

Alexander Isak's agent clashes with Premier League legend

But the drama involving Lemic doesn't stop there, as former Willem II coach Gerry Vink once claimed that, if not for the agent, Isak could have once played for Dutch giants Ajax.

Vink claimed that during his time managing Isak at Willem II, the Swedish striker came close to joining Ajax but the deal fell apart after Lemic clashed with Arsenal legend Marc Overmars, who was serving as Ajax's sporting director.

"Apparently there is a whole story behind it. Marc Overmars (Ajax's then sporting director) and the agent (Vlado) Lemic did not get along," Vink told ESPN.

"Ajax could have brought him in for 11 million euros - a pittance for Ajax at the time. But because of that conflict (between Overmars and Lemic) it didn't happen."