Liverpool have agreed a deal to signal Swedish striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United on a long-term contract for a British file price of round 130 million kilos (US$175 million), Sky Sports activities Information and The Athletic reported on Sunday (Aug 31).
Protracted negotiations over the deal have dominated the Premier League switch window, which closes on Monday, with a Liverpool bid of 110 million kilos for the 25-year-old rejected earlier in August.
Neither Liverpool nor Newcastle instantly responded to a request for remark outdoors regular enterprise hours early on Monday morning.
Isak scored 23 league targets final season to information Newcastle again to the Champions League with a fifth-placed end, whereas he additionally scored within the League Cup ultimate towards Liverpool to offer them their first home trophy in 70 years.
He didn’t be a part of Newcastle on their pre-season tour and was pressured to coach individually in a tense standoff with the membership, which supervisor Eddie Howe grimly described as a “lose-lose” scenario.
Isak, nevertheless, accused Newcastle of breaking guarantees and deceptive supporters in a press release that confirmed he needed to depart the north-east membership, saying that change was within the “greatest pursuits of everybody”.
On Saturday, Newcastle signed German worldwide striker Nick Woltemade for a membership file price reported to be value as much as 69 million kilos, in what was seen as paving the way in which for Isak’s departure.
