Isak’s Liverpool link grows as Newcastle absence continues

Sweden striker Alexander Isak heavy linked to Liverpool determination aft reportedly telling Newcastle helium wants to leave.

Newcastle person rejected Liverpool’s opening bid to motion unsettled Sweden striker Alexander Isak, according to reports.

Isak has been grooming astatine his aged nine Real Sociedad this week aft reportedly telling Newcastle helium wants to permission St James’ Park.

The 25-year-old has been linked with Liverpool since the extremity of past season, and the Premier League champions are present believed to person formalised their involvement with an connection of astir 110 cardinal pounds ($146m) positive imaginable add-ons.

But Newcastle, who reportedly worth Isak astatine 150 cardinal pounds ($199m), stay anxious to clasp connected to their prize plus and person rebuffed Liverpool’s archetypal bid.

Isak, who joined Newcastle successful a 60-million-pound ($80m) determination from Real Sociedad successful 2022, scored 23 Premier League goals past play to assistance Newcastle suffice for the Champions League.

He has 3 years near connected his Newcastle contract, but did not question to Asia for the Magpies’ ongoing preseason tour, with the nine saying helium had a insignificant thigh injury.

On Thursday, Real Sociedad confirmed helium was astatine their Zubieta installation with his ain trainers.

It was reported connected Friday that Newcastle had told Isak helium could hold a caller woody containing a get-out clause for adjacent year, but helium responded by insisting helium wants to determination now.

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has already bolstered his attacking options by signing Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike and Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz during the existent transportation window.

But the Reds are anxious to marque their guardant enactment adjacent much formidable by adding Isak, arsenic they look to triumph back-to-back English titles for the archetypal clip since the 1980s.

Newcastle brag Eddie Howe struck a defiant enactment earlier this week erstwhile helium said: “He is inactive our player. He’s contracted to us.

“We, to a degree, power what is adjacent for him. I would emotion to judge each possibilities are inactive disposable to us.

“My privation is that helium stays, but that’s not successful my afloat control.”

Liverpool person spent much than 250 cardinal pounds ($332m) truthful acold successful the summertime window, with Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giorgi Mamardashvili joining Wirtz and Ekitike astatine Anfield.

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