{"id":309832,"date":"2025-08-01T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309832\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:42:16","slug":"liverpool-willing-to-pay-60m-up-front-to-sign-world-class-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309832\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Willing to Pay \u00a360m Up Front to Sign &#8216;World-Class&#8217; Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/db\/sports-team\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> are prepared to pay a \u00a360million upfront fee in order to tempt domestic counterparts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/db\/sports-team\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle United<\/a> into allowing Alexander Isak to complete a big-money switch to Anfield ahead of the summer transfer window slamming shut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/transfer-news\/exclusive-how-much-liverpool-are-willing-to-pay-up-front-for-alexander-isak\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to Reds insider DaveOCKOP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Merseyside heavyweights have already recruited a new marksman in preparation for their title defence, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/13399673\/hugo-ekitike-joins-liverpool-eintracht-frankfurt-striker-completes-79m-transfer-to-premier-league-champions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Ekitike joining in a deal worth up to \u00a379million<\/a> from Eintracht Frankfurt, but head coach Arne Slot is in the market for additional attacking reinforcements before the September 1 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>                        <strong>Reds Prepared to Spend Big to Seal Isak Move<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <strong>Initial offer for Sweden international rejected by counterparts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                    <img width=\"3000\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander Isak in action for Newcastle United\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mixcollage-18-apr-2025-07-48-am-7184.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mixcollage-18-apr-2025-07-48-am-7184.jpg\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/transfer-news\/exclusive-how-much-liverpool-are-willing-to-pay-up-front-for-alexander-isak\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool are willing to part with an upfront fee of \u00a360million for Isak<\/a>, according to DaveOCKOP, while the remainder of any agreed offer would be paid in instalments as well as add-ons that could be activated over the course of his time with the reigning Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6526892\/2025\/08\/01\/liveroool-bid-transfer-newcastle-alexander-isak-future\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Reds have had an initial proposal for the striker pushed back<\/a> by Newcastle, with the news emerging from The Athletic journalist David Ornstein, and members of the recruitment department are contemplating whether to return to the negotiating table with an improved offer in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img width=\"3240\" height=\"1620\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alexander Isak's statistics for Newcastle United this season\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/isak.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/isak.jpg\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>DaveOCKOP reports that there is a growing feeling that Isak will be on Liverpool&#8217;s books by the time the summer transfer window slams shut, following his decision to make it clear to his current employers that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14936385\/Alexander-Isak-tells-Newcastle-wants-explore-transfer-Liverpool.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">he wants to explore a move away<\/a> from St James&#8217; Park, and he has already agreed personal terms on a deal until 2031.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the Reds&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1951243206063948071\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">opening bid for the Sweden international was worth \u00a3120million plus add-ons<\/a>, but Newcastle do not want to sanction his departure until they have a replacement lined up and there are fears that they will be unable to recruit a new first-choice centre forward.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Diaz&#8217;s move to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich has strengthened Liverpool&#8217;s budget ahead of the transfer deadline, DaveOCKOP has claimed, and they are keen to splash the cash on Isak after he has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cm291eml81po\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">described as &#8216;world-class&#8217; by all-time leading Premier League goalscorer Alan Shearer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All statistics courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/alexander-isak\/823941\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sofascore<\/a> &#8211; correct as of 01\/08\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/page\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The GIVEMESPORT Report<\/strong><\/a><strong> to get exclusive daily updates from Fabrizio Romano, Ben Jacobs, Dean Jones and Tom Bogert sent straight to your inbox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"dc-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/david-ornstein-liverpool-make-formal-offer-to-sign-alexander-isak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <img width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"alexander isak\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alexander-isak.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alexander-isak.jpg\" style=\"display:block;height:auto;max-width:100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/david-ornstein-liverpool-make-formal-offer-to-sign-alexander-isak\/\" title=\"David Ornstein: Liverpool Make \u00a3120m+ Bid to Sign Alexander Isak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDavid Ornstein: Liverpool Make \u00a3120m+ Bid to Sign Alexander Isak<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Liverpool have now pushed on in their efforts for the Premier League star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are prepared to pay a \u00a360million upfront fee in order to tempt domestic counterparts Newcastle United into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-309832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114954747908709008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309832","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=309832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}