{"id":354022,"date":"2025-08-18T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354022\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:09:11","slug":"new-improved-isak-offer-revealed-as-reds-face-huge-double-hijack-blow-with-deal-certain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354022\/","title":{"rendered":"New improved Isak offer revealed as Reds face huge double &#8216;hijack&#8217; blow with deal &#8216;certain&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, a new \u2018bid\u2019 has been lodged for Newcastle United star Alexander Isak as Liverpool face missing out on two top targets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>have made a significant statement this summer as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/biggest-summer-spenders-2025-transfer-window-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> they are currently the biggest spenders in Europe, having invested around \u00a3290m on signings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni are their most notable additions, though they remain in the market for further signings before this window closes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite paying around \u00a380m to land Ekitike, the Reds remain interested in dream target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/alexander-isak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Isak<\/strong><\/a>, who was not involved in Newcastle\u2019s 0-0 draw against Aston Villa on Saturday after training alone.<\/p>\n<p>Isak has made it abundantly clear that he wants to leave Newcastle for Liverpool and recent reports have indicated that Arne Slot\u2019s side will return with an improved offer if\/when their Premier League rivals land a replacement for their prized asset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-liverpool-bournemoth-chaos-ekitike-debut-isak-luxury-signing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool chaos, Hugo Ekitike debut proves Alexander Isak would be luxury signing<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presenter Richard Keys has gone against the grain to boldly claim that Liverpool have raised their bid for Isak after having a proposal worth around \u00a3120m turned down earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, Keys also claims that Liverpool face being hijacked by Real Madrid for Isak, though this is purely speculative at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard today [last Firday] that Liverpool have made a bid of \u00a3110m. A second offer of \u00a380m now and \u00a360m next season,\u201d Keys claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTake your pick. But I\u2019ve also heard that Real Madrid might be in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t believe he would have gone out on the limb that he has without being fairly certain that he will be gone before the window closes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/gary-neville-names-three-teams-win-premier-league-chelsea-missing-title-winning-spine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Gary Neville makes Premier League title prediction amid three contenders as Chelsea miss one thing<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-rooney-isak-concern-put-reds-off-signing-newcastle-outcast-walk-away-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool: Rooney raises Isak concern to put Reds off signing Newcastle outcast amid \u2018walk away\u2019 claim<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-dangerous-guehi-outcome-revealed-new-plan-two-reasons-fresh-timeframe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Liverpool: \u2018Dangerous\u2019 Guehi outcome revealed in \u2018new plan\u2019 amid two reasons for fresh timeframe<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool have also been heavily linked with Crystal Palace star Marc Guehi, who has entered the final year of his current contract and could be sold for around \u00a340m.<\/p>\n<p>While Liverpool could wait to sign Guehi on a free transfer, it has also been claimed that they could push through a deal this summer amid reports linking Ibrahima Konate with a move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/08\/18\/liverpool-deal-faces-threat-hijack-talks-stall\/\" target=\"_blank\">However, Caught Offside are reporting<\/a> that the Reds \u2018face a hijack threat\u2019 as Serie A giants Inter Milan have \u2018joined the race\u2019 to sign Guehi.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018In Italy, Inter Milan are carefully monitoring Guehi\u2019s situation, even if they are not expected to make a formal approach this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sources close to the agents industry have informed CaughtOffside that Inter\u2019s leadership duo, president Giuseppe Marotta and sporting director Piero Ausilio, have already communicated to the player\u2019s representatives that Guehi is firmly on their shortlist for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If the 24-year-old centre-back does not leave Palace in this window and ultimately runs down his deal, Inter will be ready to swoop with a lucrative free-agent offer.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, a new \u2018bid\u2019 has been lodged for Newcastle United star Alexander Isak as Liverpool face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[9261,1925,94,225,179,2697,3047,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-354022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-crystal-palace","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-marc-guehi","14":"tag-newcastle-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115049461510573114","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354022","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=354022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}