{"id":381618,"date":"2025-08-29T03:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T03:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:31:12","slug":"alexander-isak-could-move-for-less-than-newcastles-150m-asking-price-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/381618\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak could move for less than Newcastle&#8217;s \u00a3150m asking price &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Alexander Isak\u2019s desired move to Liverpool could develop once <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> sign one of their two required strikers, with a deal likely at lower than \u00a3150 million.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With Isak digging his heels in over a departure from St James\u2019 Park this summer, <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a>\u2018s position on the Swede\u2019s future has weakened.<\/p>\n<p>However the situation remains reliant on at least one new striker joining Eddie Howe\u2019s squad before any move is sanctioned for their No. 14.<\/p>\n<p>There has long been confusing messaging around Isak\u2019s future, with <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> sources insisting he is not for sale \u2013 but also that, if he is, it would take a fee in the region of \u00a3150 million.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/embedded279418685-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander Isak scored in Newcastle\u2019s Carabao Cup final win against Liverpool (Owen Humphreys\/PA)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-324906\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/alexander-isak-liverpool-newcastle-transfer-latest-q996f3bp7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Times<\/a>\u2018 Martin Hardy and Paul Joyce have provided an update this week, suggesting that a package worth \u00a3130 million could be enough to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>That would be inclusive of add-ons, with Liverpool\u2019s only official bid for Isak so far being a flat sum of \u00a3110 million.<\/p>\n<p>In theory the champions could potentially increase that offer with up to \u00a320 million in achievable add-ons in order to satisfy the demands from Tyneside.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>There are however \u201cconsiderable doubts\u201d over whether Liverpool would be willing to go as high as \u00a3130 million, particularly given there is a clear commitment from Isak.<\/p>\n<p>If such a deal can brokered, though, <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> could then find themselves in a much stronger position to strengthen both this summer and, if needed, in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>It is explained that at least one of the two strikers they need must be signed before any move for Isak is permitted, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6578990\/2025\/08\/28\/strand-larsen-newcastle-transfer-wolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic<\/a>\u2018s David Ornstein has now reported that Jorgen Strand Larsen has informed <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/wolves\/\" title=\"Wolves\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a> of his desire to join.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/featureimage-326-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Wolverhampton Wanderers' Jorgen Strand Larsen during the pre-season friendly match at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Picture date: Saturday August 9, 2025.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-326412\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/wolves\/\" title=\"Wolves\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolves<\/a> are however insistent Larsen is not for sale, though head coach Vitor Pereira admitted earlier this week that \u201cevery player has his price\u201d and there are suggestions a third bid of upwards of \u00a360 million would be enough.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/brentford\/\" title=\"Brentford\" rel=\"noopener\">Brentford<\/a>\u2018s Yoane Wissa is another known target but no agreement has been possible yet following two bids \u2013 with the London club also seeking as much as \u00a360 million.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly the situation must move quickly in order for Isak to secure his switch to Anfield, with the transfer deadline set for 7pm on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a sense that, once the pieces start to fall into place, <a data-ail=\"326408\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/newcastle\/\" title=\"Newcastle\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> will be more agreeable than they were when they received that \u00a3110 million bid on August 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak\u2019s desired move to Liverpool could develop once Newcastle sign one of their two required strikers, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[763,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-381618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-liverpool-fc","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115109946258741503","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381618","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=381618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}