Liverpool agree £125m Alexander Isak transfer as Newcastle striker set for medical

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Liverpool have reached a British-record agreement with Newcastle United for Alexander Isak. The striker is now set for a medical ahead of a £125m move to Anfield on transfer deadline day.

The 25-year-old will become the most expensive signing in the club's history, eclipsing the £116m deal struck with Bayer Leverkusen for Florian Wirtz in June, and a six-year contract will be penned.

The Reds re-opened talks with their Premier League counterparts over the weekend and reached an agreement late on Sunday evening, paving the way for Isak to complete the formalities of his dream move in time for the 7pm deadline on Monday.

Isak is slated to take part in his first competitive fixture since May when Sweden play a World Cup qualifier against Slovenia on Friday, September 5 and the forward is likely to take the No.9 shirt at Anfield that was vacated by Darwin Nunez after his exit in July.

The blockbuster deal brings an end to a summer-long saga that has seen Isak both privately and publicly agitate to leave St James' Park to join Arne Slot's champions, a stance which has led to him taking strike action in the North East.

And having insisted that they needed to sign two strikers before agreeing to a sale at £150m, the Magpies are now set to lose their star player for £25m below their initial valuation,

having only added Nick Woltemade to their ranks since informing Liverpool of their conditions at the beginning of August, when a £110m offer was swiftly rebuffed.

The Reds were reported to have informed the Magpies in July they were willing to offer around £120m for Isak, which was news that emerged just days before the player missed the pre-season friendly defeat to Celtic on July 19.

Isak subsequently opted against joining his colleagues on their pre-season tour of the Far East, citing a minor injury and returned to training by using the facilities of his former club, Real Sociedad.

At the beginning of August, the 20-time champions saw a flat £110m offer rejected by Newcastle and the nature of the response from Tyneside had been enough for the Reds to pause further negotiations while Eddie Howe and his recruitment staff attempted to source an adequate successor.

The Reds were reported to have informed the Magpies in July they were willing to offer around £120m for Isak, which was news that emerged just days before the player missed the pre-season friendly defeat to Celtic on July 19.

Isak subsequently opted against joining his colleagues on their pre-season tour of the Far East, citing a minor injury and returned to training by using the facilities of his former club, Real Sociedad.

At the beginning of August, the 20-time champions saw a flat £110m offer rejected by Newcastle and the nature of the response from Tyneside had been enough for the Reds to pause further negotiations while Eddie Howe and his recruitment staff attempted to source an adequate successor.

The Reds sold both Luis Diaz and Nunez in July, with the Colombia international joining Bayern Munich in a £65.5m deal before his fellow South American signed for Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal for around £45m.

Isak had been determined to force through a move to Liverpool and having been made to train alone at Newcastle's Benton training facility, the 25-year-old released an explosive update about his plans in mid-August,

via his Instagram account, just moments after he was included in the PFA's Premier League team of the season for the 24/25 term.

Isak, who scored 23 Premier League goals last term, is desperate to join the champions and the talks proved fruitless for PIF, who reluctantly accepted it was time to renegotiate with Liverpool as the transfer window entered its final days.

The Magpies had previously been steadfast in their refusal to sell their star man, who has three years left on the contract he signed when he arrived from Real Sociedad for £63m in 2022, but have now accepted the terms tabled by Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes.

Isak will take Liverpool's spending to around £445m, with around half of that recouped in sales.

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