{"id":354586,"date":"2025-08-18T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354586\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:38:10","slug":"isak-to-liverpool-second-transfer-offer-update-15m-discount-claim-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354586\/","title":{"rendered":"Isak to Liverpool second transfer offer &#8216;update&#8217;, \u00a315m discount claim | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Isak remains Liverpool&#8217;s top striker target with just a fortnight left in this summer&#8217;s transfer window. The Reds are poised to pounce should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/newcastle-united-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> United give any indication they are willing to negotiate after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> tabled a \u00a3110 million bid earlier this month, which the Magpies swiftly turned down.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Merseyside club are still prepared to discuss a potential British-record transfer exceeding the \u00a3116 million they spent on Florian Wirtz. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/newcastle-united-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> aren&#8217;t currently open to negotiations, instead concentrating on bringing in not one but two new forwards, and below is a round-up of the latest Isak reports and rumours as this stasis persists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Second offer&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Sky Sports host Richard Keys alleges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have prepared an alternative proposal for Isak alongside their initial approach from earlier this month. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/newcastle-united-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> have had two really good offers,&#8221; he states in his <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/richardajkeys.com\/index.php\/blog\/464-it-s-simple-bayindir-was-fouled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most recent blog entry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> are prepared to pay \u00a3110m now. Their back-up bid is \u00a380m now and \u00a360m more next summer. I&#8217;m of the view the only thing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/newcastle-united-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> have to decide is which one to take.&#8221; These observations echo statements made during beIN Sports&#8217; coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> vs Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Keys, however, doesn&#8217;t repeat his on-air suggestion that Real Madrid could become involved in the saga. &#8220;I heard today that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have made a bid of \u00a3110m. A second offer of \u00a380m now and \u00a360m next season. Take your pick,&#8221; he declared during Friday evening&#8217;s broadcast. Keys continued: &#8220;But I&#8217;ve also heard that Real Madrid might be in the frame.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;\u00a315m discount&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/manchester-city-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> financial adviser Stefan Borson has suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> could secure as much as a \u00a315million reduction if they succeed in landing Isak this summer. He reckons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> could strike a deal for \u00a3125million &#8220;plus a load of add-ons, some easy and some not easy&#8221; following the clubs&#8217; encounter at St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>Borson told <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/2096936\/Football%20Insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football Insider<\/a>: &#8220;I think if we&#8217;d have looked at it at the start of the summer, you&#8217;d have said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> will have to pay close to \u00a3150million. If he does end up going now, I think they have successfully chipped off \u00a310-15million of his fee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Howe responds to Isak claim<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/newcastle-united-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> head coach Eddie Howe has essentially rejected the notion that Isak informed him of a wish to depart the club in May. Allegations that Isak made his intentions well-known internally before the campaign concluded are doing the rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Howe has now tackled those suggestions. &#8220;Trust me, when that final whistle went (on the final day), that (Isak leaving) was the furthest thing from my mind,&#8221; he told <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chroniclelive.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/eddie-howe-sheds-light-talk-32293391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chronicle Live<\/a> before later adding: &#8220;I was not thinking of any individual in that moment, so I can&#8217;t really give an answer on that (fears Isak would leave this summer).&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak remains Liverpool&#8217;s top striker target with just a fortnight left in this summer&#8217;s transfer window. 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