Liverpool agree British record £125m fee for Isak
Liverpool have agreed a British transfer record fee of £125m to sign
striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United.
Sources close to the deal have told BBC Sport that an agreement for the
Sweden international to move to Anfield is now in place.
Newcastle sources claim the deal could be worth as much as £130m with
add-ons.
Isak is undergoing a medical on Monday before signing a six-year
contract.
Liverpool had an original £110m offer rejected in August but are now set
to land their first-choice target of the summer.
The protracted saga involving the 25-year-old appears set to come to an
end on the final day of the transfer window, and it follows Newcastle
having signed striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart last week.
Liverpool have already broken their club transfer record this summer by
signing Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz in a deal worth an
initial £100m, with a further £16m in add-ons.
Isak’s arrival would top that outlay. After also bringing in Hugo
Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin
Pecsi and Giovanni Leoni, the deal would take the club’s spending to
about £416.2m without add-on fees – the highest total in Premier League
history.
It is only the second time that an English side has shelled out more
than £400m in a single summer, following Chelsea’s £401.2m outlay in
2023.
SOURCE: BBC
