Liverpool are \u2018working on\u2019 the signing of Alexander Isak as Newcastle make an \u2018official bid\u2019 to sign Hugo Ekitike as his possible replacement.<\/p>\n
The Magpies finally got their transfer window going last week after completing the signing of Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest for \u00a355m, but after Eddie Howe was \u2018devastated\u2019 by Joao Pedro\u2019s move to Chelsea, a report over the weekend revealed Newcastle had \u2018rekindled their interest\u2019 in Ekitike<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve tried twice before to sign the 23-year-old, who got 22 goals and 12 assists in all competitions last season, but failed to land him in January 2022 when he opted for PSG, and again last summer when he joined Frankfurt for just \u00a314.3m.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Is Anthony Elanga worth \u00a355m? Only to Newcastle but that\u2019s what matters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The report claimed the Bundesliga side will likely hold out for the striker\u2019s \u20ac100m [\u00a386m] release clause, but that Newcastle had nevertheless \u2018made the player\u2019s representatives aware of their desire to sign the France Under-21 international and hope to agree a fee\u2019, perhaps having been prompted into action by Frankfurt signing striker Jonathan Burkardt from Mainz for \u00a318m.<\/p>\n And transfer expert Romano has revealed that the Magpies have made an \u2018official bid\u2019 to sign the striker<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Romano tweeted: \u2018EXCL: Newcastle submitted an official bid today to Eintracht Frankfurt for Hugo Ekitike<\/a><\/strong>! Proposal higher than \u20ac70m previously offered by another club this summer with Newcastle pushing to get the deal done. Negotiations underway\u2019.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear what a deal for Ekitike will mean for \u2018dream\u2019 Liverpool target Alexander Isak, though The Telegraph insist Newcastle are looking to sign the Frankfurt star to play with Isak or as a rotation option for Howe as they will have Champions League football to contend with on top of domestic commitments next season.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> The report added:<\/p>\n \u2018Should Newcastle complete the signing of the Frenchman it does not mean Isak will be sold this summer. The Newcastle hierarchy still intend to offer last season\u2019s top goalscorer a new contract later this summer and have no interest in selling him in this window, when he still has three years left on his existing deal.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But\u00a0transfer expert Nicolo Schira claims Isak remains Liverpool\u2019s \u2018main target\u2019 despite Newcastle not listening to offers.<\/p>\n He wrote on X: \u2018Alexander Isak is #Liverpool\u2019s main target as striker since March. #LFC are still working on this transfer deal, even if so far #Newcastle have not wanted to hear any offers. #transfers\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are \u2018working on\u2019 the signing of Alexander Isak as Newcastle make an \u2018official bid\u2019 to sign Hugo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,748,393,163,4884,179,3047,12,16,2970,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-265683","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-front-page","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-newcastle-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-uncategorized","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114854697587519665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265683","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=265683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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