Liverpool have been backed to sign Alexander Isak \u201csooner rather than later\u201d, while Newcastle United have made two \u2018transfer decisions\u2019.<\/p>\n
Isak<\/strong> <\/a>remains intent on a move from Newcastle to Liverpool and an outcome of this prolonged saga is expected once Monday\u2019s game between the two sides is out of the way.<\/p>\n Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>are still keen to sign Isak and it has been suggested that they will return with an improved offer if\/when<\/strong><\/a> Newcastle land a replacement after having a bid worth around \u00a3110m plus add-ons rejected earlier this summer.<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/strong><\/a>, meanwhile, are firm on their position that Isak will stay if their valuation is not met, with reports suggesting that they want as much as \u00a3150m for their prized asset.<\/p>\n Unsurprisingly, this has not pleased Isak, who has spat his dummy out and has been training alone to force a move away from Newcastle in this window.<\/p>\n It remains to be seen whether Isak will get his wish as a concrete update on his situation is unlikely until Tuesday at the earliest, though the Liverpool Echo\u2019s Ian Doyle has revealed his insight on the ongoing saga.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Arsenal close on Liverpool in the world\u2019s 10 biggest spenders of summer 2025<\/a> Doyle suspects Isak will join Liverpool \u201csooner rather than later\u201d as there is a \u201cnagging suspicion\u201d about their stance on a new forward.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery club has a contingency plan. But there is a nagging suspicion Liverpool are intent on signing Alexander Isak and won\u2019t settle for anyone else,\u201d Doyle told Liverpool Echo.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhether that\u2019s a wise move will become more apparent over the next nine days. Intriguingly, there could be parallels to the Virgil van Dijk situation if Isak doesn\u2019t arrive this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the expected move for Van Dijk before the 2017\/18 season was thwarted by Southampton, there were relentless calls for Liverpool to sign another centre-back. The club resisted, and sure enough the Holland international was in situ less than six months later.<\/p>\n \u201cIsak looks like he will come to Anfield sooner rather than later, and there have certainly been signs of Newcastle\u2019s resolve weakening in recent days. Might a \u00a3130million deal sort it? It wouldn\u2019t be a shock.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE ALEXANDER ISAK COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Doyle added: \u201cLiverpool undoubtedly remain short in attack but the current alternatives aren\u2019t massively appealing. Talk of Rodrygo of Real Madrid appears agent-driven and his reported financial package wouldn\u2019t make much sense for the Reds.<\/p>\n \u201cJulian Alvarez of Atletico Madrid is another name but the suggestion is he left Manchester City because he couldn\u2019t settle in England and the North West in particular.<\/p>\n \u201cShould Isak not move to Liverpool before the September 1 deadline, it may be that the Reds try again in the New Year and continue for the first half of the season with their current attacking options. Don\u2019t be surprised if there is no Plan B.\u201d<\/p>\n Isak\u2019s situation adds to a dire window for Newcastle, who have missed out on James Trafford, Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, Joao Pedro and Liam Delap.<\/p>\n So, it is hardly surprising that Football Insider\u2019s Pete O\u2019Rourke is reporting that their \u2018transfer decision\u2019 on Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes is that they \u2018won\u2019t consider any bids\u2019 for each player.<\/p>\n O\u2019Rourke said:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019ll affect any other transfers.<\/p>\n \u201cBruno Guimaraes \u2013 it seems with that social media post \u2013 is fully committed to Newcastle, and I don\u2019t think Newcastle would even consider letting Anthony Gordon go either.<\/p>\n \u201cIt does seem the player is happy at Newcastle as well, leading the line in the absence of Alexander Isak.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have been backed to sign Alexander Isak \u201csooner rather than later\u201d, while Newcastle United have made two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1268,17644,9,10,17645,18,13,14,6,794,19,17,11,12,1009,15,16,1270,5,795,7,8,5279],"class_list":{"0":"post-20300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-anthony-gordon","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-breakingnews","12":"tag-bruno-guimaraes","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-headlines","17":"tag-home-page","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-latest-news","21":"tag-latestnews","22":"tag-liverpool","23":"tag-main-news","24":"tag-mainnews","25":"tag-newcastle-united","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-premier-league","28":"tag-top-stories","29":"tag-topstories","30":"tag-uncategorized"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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