Liverpool are ready to break the British transfer record in order to land Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak this summer, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The Reds face West Ham at Anfield on Sunday as they look to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League<\/strong><\/a> to 13 points over second-placed Arsenal.<\/p>\n Arne Slot has guided them to a brilliant season in the Premier League and Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> now look to certain to win their 20th top-flight title.<\/p>\n That also means Champions League qualification and the ability to attract some of the best players in world football to Merseyside over the summer.<\/p>\n Liverpool are looking to sign a new centre-forward with Darwin Nunez falling out of favour under Slot, while Diogo Jota is proving to be injury prone.<\/p>\n And now Spanish website Fichajes insists that<\/a> their \u2018priority\u2019 is Newcastle striker Isak, who has scored 24 goals in 35 matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n It is claimed that \u2018initial contacts have already been made from Anfield, and according to sources close to the club, they are willing to put a fee of around \u20ac150m (\u00a3130m) on the table\u2019.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Salah demands \u2018two star signings\u2019 at Liverpool with Reds board \u2018willing to address the requests\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n That fee would smash the \u00a3106.8m that Chelsea paid Benfica for Enzo Fernandez and the report adds:<\/p>\n \u2018Newcastle isn\u2019t willing to negotiate easily, aware that they have a key player in their system. However, an offer of that magnitude could change the board\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n \u2018The initial investment for the striker was high, but the capital gain they could obtain from his sale would be historic for the northern English club. Furthermore, the player\u2019s desire could weigh heavily if he welcomes a move to a club with greater aspirations.<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool, for their part, are preparing the ground for a possible offensive renewal in the post-Klopp project. Isak would fit the profile of a young but experienced player, capable of leading the Reds\u2019 attack for years.<\/p>\n \u2018The Anfield offices are optimistic, although they know the deal will require patience, ambition, and an offer that\u2019s hard to refuse for all parties involved.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> Liverpool\u2019s form has taken a downward turn in recent weeks with losses to Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle and Fulham all coming in their last four matches.<\/p>\n But former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor is not worried by their current form because Arsenal are also likely to drop points, as shown in their 1-1 draw against Brentford on Saturday.<\/p>\n Agbonlahor told 10bet:\u00a0\u201cDo you know why I\u2019m not? I think sometimes when you\u2019re so far ahead, it happens to anybody, standards drop. You know Arsenal are going to drop points, for example.<\/p>\n \u201cLook,\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0lost, but they played after Arsenal drew. You\u2019ve seen Arsenal drop points and your levels naturally drop a little bit, and you become complacent. Players aren\u2019t running as hard.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at the goals that Fulham scored. You\u2019d never see\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0concede goals like that, so clumsy. So sometimes when the competition around you is so poor, your levels drop.\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0will still win the league by 10 points.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are ready to break the British transfer record in order to land Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,748,393,4884,225,179,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334602590534256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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