According to reports, Newcastle have rejected Liverpool’s initial offer to sign tense Swedish striker Alexander Isak.
After reportedly telling Newcastle he wanted to leave St James’ Park, Isak has been training at his former club Real Sociedad this week.
The Premier League champions are now believed to have formalized their interest with an offer of about 110 million pounds ($146 million) plus potential add-ons after the 25-year-old has been linked with Liverpool since the end of last season.
However, Newcastle, who reportedly valued Isak at 150 million pounds ($199 million), have rebuffed Liverpool’s initial offer.
Isak, who moved from Real Sociedad to Newcastle in a 60-million-pound ($80m) deal in 2022, scored 23 Premier League goals last year to help them advance to the Champions League.
He has three more years on his Newcastle contract, but the club reported that he had a minor thigh injury and did not travel to Asia for the Magpies’ preseason tour.
Real Sociedad confirmed on Thursday that he and his trainers were at Zubieta.
Newcastle reportedly told Isak he could agree to a new deal with a clause for the following year, but he insisted he wanted to move right away when it was reported on Friday.
In the wake of the current transfer window, Liverpool manager Arne Slot has already increased his attacking options by signing Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz and Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike.
In order to win back-to-back English titles for the first time since the 1980s, the Reds are eager to add Isak to their forward line, which will only make it stronger.
Eddie Howe, the manager of Newcastle, made a defiant statement earlier this week, saying: “He is still our player. He has a contract with us.
We have some control over what comes next for him, to some extent. I’d like to think that we have every chance still.
“I want him to stay, but I don’t have complete control over that.”
Source: Aljazeera
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