{"id":301521,"date":"2025-07-29T15:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/301521\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:29:10","slug":"liverpool-isak-boost-as-pif-want-chelsea-star-as-well-as-sesko-to-counteract-150m-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/301521\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Isak boost as PIF want Chelsea star as well as Sesko to counteract \u00a3150m sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle are set to use the money from Alexander Isak\u2019s potential sale to Liverpool to buy two new strikers, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano revealed earlier on Tuesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> now have a \u201c60 per cent\u201d chance of signing Isak this summer as the Magpies continue to mull over a potential sale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-romano-reveals-percentage-chance-signing-very-keen-isak-newcastle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Romano told\u00a0DAZN Football<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cFor Alexander Isak, in terms of percentage for Liverpool, it\u2019s at 60 per cent. It\u2019s quite optimistic, but there is still work to do, 40 per cent to go before we can say Isak is going to be a Liverpool player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Liverpool have all the intentions to go strong for this deal. Liverpool already made contact with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/newcastle-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newcastle<\/strong><\/a> two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiverpool are prepared to make a Premier League record-breaking bid for the 25-year-old, but are waiting for Newcastle to give the green light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed over the weekend that Isak has told the Newcastle hierarchy that he would like to leave St James\u2019 Park in the summer with the Sweden international only wanting a move to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/alexander-isak-complication-removed-firm-stance-mediawatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediawatch: Alexander Isak \u2018complication removed\u2019 amid \u2018firm stance\u2019 as deal basically done<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/newcastle-united\/nicolas-jackson-benjamin-sesko-newcastle-united-chelsea-alexander-isak-replacements\" target=\"_blank\">Our friends at TEAMtalk claim that<\/a> the Reds are \u2018poised to make a move for Isak with a potential \u00a3150m\u2019 on the table for Newcastle if they want to accept.<\/p>\n<p>The website adds that Newcastle will look to\u00a0counteract the loss of Isak by bringing in two new strikers this summer with the Magpies keen on bringing in RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko and Chelsea\u2019s Nicolas Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that even if Newcastle get Sesko \u2013 who is attracting interest from Manchester United \u2013 over the line, then \u2018they remain keen on Jackson to add depth and versatility to their attack\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle are also interested in Brentford forward Yoane Wissa but it\u2019s unclear whether the Bees will allow a deal to proceed after already losing Bryan Mbeumo to Man Utd this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NEWCASTLE UNITED COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/newcastle-transfer-agreement-expected-pl-star-burns-bridges-another-deal-finalised\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Newcastle transfer \u2018agreement expected\u2019 after PL star \u2018burns bridges\u2019; another deal to be \u2018finalised\u2019<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-howe-bleak-isak-update-newcastle-buckle-up-jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Howe issues bleak Isak update as Liverpool target is told to \u2018buckle up and do as he\u2019s told\u2019<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-alexander-isak-liverpool-transfer-fee-newcastle-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alexander Isak to Liverpool: What fee should Newcastle demand for \u2018dream\u2019 striker?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transfer journalist Ben Jacobs wrote on Saturday: \u2018Exclusive: Brentford have closed the door on a Yoane Wissa exit after #NUFC raised their bid to \u00a330m+. \u2013 Wissa refusing to train and disappointed by Brentford\u2019s stance \u2013 Player feels Brentford have broken a pact allowing him to leave for \u00a326m and wants #UCL.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, Daily Mail journalist Craig Hope, who is out in Singapore with the Newcastle squad, reveals that Wissa \u201chas communicated\u201d that he wants to move to St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KUOUkxU3GWg&amp;ab_channel=CraigHope\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking on his YouTube channel, Hope said<\/a>: \u201cYoane Wissa, I had an update on that this morning. I was trying to take a nap and I took a call on that. My latest information on that is Wissa has communicated that he absolutely wants this deal to happen, and that\u2019s important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEddie Howe is on the record, as saying that transfers only happen when a player really wants them to and Eddie likes that. He liked that in Anthony Elanga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWissa wants it to happen. He\u2019s not going to play for Brentford. Again, he\u2019s communicated that to them. He\u2019s told them to find a solution. This is the move he wants, not Villa, not for Forest, not Tottenham \u2013 Newcastle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle are set to use the money from Alexander Isak\u2019s potential sale to Liverpool to buy two new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,5758,748,393,4884,225,179,3047,12,1184,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-301521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-benjamin-sesko","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-newcastle-united","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nicolas-jackson","18":"tag-premier-league","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114937237697033706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301521","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=301521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}