David Ornstein, Fabrizio Romano and Neil Jones reported that Liverpool had suddenly started approaching Newcastle United regarding the transfer of Alexander Isak..
2025-07-16 07:02
David Ornstein, Fabrizio Romano and GOAL's resident renowned English Liverpool team correspondent Neil Jones,, all reported on Wednesday morning Asia time that Liverpool had suddenly started approaching Newcastle United regarding the transfer of Sweden international forward Alexander Isak.
According to the their reports, Liverpool has officially notified Newcastle United of its intention to sign Isak and is willing to offer a sky-high price of £120 million. However, Ornstein revealed that the Magpies have not yet responded to the offer.
Neil Jones said that Liverpool initially had no intention of really signing Isak, but with several forwards in the team being dragged into the transfer battle, the Reds had to decide to begin their plans to compete for the signing of Isak in advance.
He also added that the unfortunate death of legendary Portugal international forward Diogo Jota in a car accident two weeks ago has prompted Liverpool to make this decision to a certain extent.
Fabrizio Romano revealed that Liverpool really plans to sign Isak this summer, so if nothing unexpected happens, the Reds should inform Newcastle United again in the near future that they are willing to offer the player a starting price of £120 million.
Although Newcastle United is determined not to sell Isak and even wants to sign a new contract with the player, Liverpool's strong offer may prompt the Magpies to change their original intention due to considerations for the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
He and Jones also said that Liverpool's offer for Isak has caused a series of chain effects on the forwards of the two clubs.
Before Liverpool approached them, Newcastle United had just submitted a €70 million offer to Eintracht Frankfurt for Hugo Ekitike, but this offer has been directly rejected by Die Adler.
If Newcastle United insists on not selling Isak, Liverpool will turn its focus to competing for the signing of Ekitike.
On the other hand, Liverpool once again rejected Bayern Munich's offer of €67 million for Luis Díaz, insisting that the player is not for sale.
However, even so, Bayern Munich still insists that they do not intend to give up.
The Bundesliga defending champions is expected to try to submit a higher offer to Liverpool in the near future to buy Díaz, who is open to the possibility of leaving the club.
Napoli has informed Liverpool that they have given up on introducing Darwin Núñez.
It is reported that Napoli is expected to sign Udinese forward Lorenzo Lucca in the near future.
Currently, Lucca has reached personal terms with Napoli.
The Serie A defending champions will also pay Udinese a transfer fee of €35 million to sign Lucca.
Next, Al-Nassr may try to sign Núñez.
It is worth mentioning that if Liverpool really succeeds in signing Isak, it will mean that the defending Premier League champions will break the UK's most expensive transfer fee record for the second time this summer since signing Bayer Leverkusen wonderkid Florian Wirtz for £162 million.
