Archive September 1, 2025

Alexander Isak, a striker from Newcastle United, has agreed a record-breaking fee of £125 million from Liverpool, with the Swede declaring that he “wanted to create history and win trophies” at Anfield.

According to sources in Newcastle, the deal could have add-ons worth up to £130 million.

Before signing a six-year contract with Liverpool, Sweden international Isak, 25, underwent a medical on Monday, which included an additional fee of about £416.2 million.

Isak, who will team up with the Reds in the number nine shirt, stated to the Liverpool website: “This is my career’s next move.” I’m very excited and inspired to take advantage of this opportunity.

“I want to make history,” I say. I’d like to win prizes. That serves as my primary driving force in the end.

“This is the ideal place for me to develop even more, advance my game, and support the team as well.”

Isak’s original £110 million offer was rejected in August, but Liverpool now have their first-choice target of the summer.

The lengthy saga came to an end when the Reds announced the deal at 21:30 BST, two and a half hours after the window was closed.

Following the signings of Brentford forward Yoane Wissa and Germany international striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart last week for a 50 million dollar, Newcastle signed both.

In the Carabao Cup final in March, Isak scored for Newcastle, winning their first domestic trophy in 70 years, 2-1 over Liverpool.

He claimed he had left the club earlier this summer and had not represented them in this campaign.

Newcastle made a wry 37-word statement on the club website when it announced the deal.

Alexander Isak will be sold to Liverpool for a sizable British record transfer fee, according to the statement.

In 2024-2025, Liverpool, who are top of the table this year, won three of their first three matches, to claim the Premier League title.

This summer, they already broke the club transfer record by signing German attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz for an initial sum of £100 million, plus an additional £16 million in additions.

The highest transfer window spending in Premier League history has resulted in Liverpool having already completed the signings of Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi, and Giovanni Leoni.

Only the second time an English team has spent more than $400 million in a summer, following Chelsea’s $401.2 million investment in 2023.

Isak signed for Newcastle for £60 million from Real Sociedad in 2022, where he scored 27 goals in 42 games last season.

He assisted the Magpies’ victory in the March Carabao Cup, which earned them their fifth-place finish in the Premier League and their promotion to the Champions League.

Isak was excluded from the Magpies’ squad earlier this summer because of what the club described as a “minor thigh injury” during their pre-season tour of Asia, but it was still believed he wanted to look into a move elsewhere.

Before Liverpool’s initial attempt for him was rejected by Newcastle, he then spent time training alone at Sociedad.

Isak claimed in a statement that his relationship with Newcastle had been “broken” and that their relationship cannot continue in light of ongoing speculation about his future.

No official at the club had ever promised Alex could leave this summer, according to Newcastle.

One of football’s biggest deals was Liverpool’s acquisition of Isak.

The previous British transfer record was Enzo Fernandez, who Chelsea paid for for a fee of $ 107 million in 2023.

The Wirtz deal could reach £116 million, while Caicedo’s move from Brighton to Chelsea in 2023 may end up costing £115 million. Moises Caicedo, Declan Rice, and Jack Grealish all moved for initial fees of £100 million.

Isak joins the Reds in third place overall in terms of initial costs.

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe’s signings at Paris St-Germain rank among the most expensive football moves. Neymar was brought in from Barcelona in 2017 for £200m by the French club. In a deal worth £165.7 million, Mbappe became a permanent player in the same year, initially on loan.

Isak’s move follows those that involve Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele, but it is still ahead of those.

Bayern Munich is required to pay £56.2 million for Nicolas Jackson if he makes a certain number of appearances, with the Chelsea striker having signed on loan.

Bayern will pay an initial £14.3 million to take the 24-year-old on loan until the end of the 2025-26 season.

Jackson’s contract with Bayern was in doubt after Chelsea instructed him to return after Liam Delap was injured in Saturday’s Premier League win over Fulham, and personal terms are already in place for a future five-year, permanent deal.

The Villarreal forward from Senegal made 30 goals in 81 games before moving to Chelsea for a 32-million deal in 2023.

Jackson expressed his delight at being a member of this outstanding club. “Bayern is one of the world’s best clubs.

Everyone is aware of the names of the legendary players who have played here, and they are aware that this club represents the greatest success.

Prior to his red card at St James’ Park in April, Jackson had been an automatic starter for Chelsea and was battling for a spot in the Champions League without a striker.

In the 3-1 group-stage defeat by Flamengo in the Club World Cup, Fifa’s expanded competition, which Chelsea ultimately won, he was then immediately dismissed just four minutes after starting as a substitute. Delap and Pedro made their debuts during the tournament to take his place.

Jackson ultimately lost the trust of manager Enzo Maresca and some members of the Stamford Bridge hierarchy, according to multiple sources who were aware of the situation, leading to his desire to leave.

Maresca earlier in April claimed the frontman was his “perfect number nine” and preferred to have him play “a copy of Nico” rather than take his place.

As they sold Cyriel Dessers to Panathinaikos, Rangers have purchased 21-year-old Youssef Chermiti from Everton for an undisclosed fee in the hope that “he can develop into a top striker here.”

The Scottish Premiership side also signed 27-year-old Canada winger Derek Cornelius from Marseille on a loan with a purchase option at the end of the season, as well as signing winger Oscar Cortes from Sporting Gijon in Spain’s second tier.

Chermiti has agreed to an Ibrox contract for four years.

But he has since found the net only twice, with just 24 starts for the Premier League club.

However, Russell Martin, the club’s head coach, claimed that Russell had “a great potential” for the young striker.

Bojan Miovski, a former Aberdeen star, joins Rangers as Charmiti’s second acquisition in the past four days, making him the second striker.

Dessers, who has 115 appearances and scores 52 goals, departs for the Greek Superleague for an undisclosed fee.

The 30-year-old Belgian-born Nigeria international signed for Rangers from Cremonese for four years in July 2023.

However, he has only found the net once in his seven starts this season under Martin.

Cortes was also unrelated to Martin’s plans despite the fact that only this summer was the deadline to purchase the 21-year-old from Lens for a reported £4.5 million.

However, Martin thinks that Chermiti, a striker for Portugal Under-21, has “a lot of the qualities we were looking for.”

He said, “We believe this is the right environment for him to continue his development because he already has valuable experience at a high level.”

“We’re looking forward to working with him in the coming years to help him reach his full potential here at Rangers.”

Chermiti joined Everton from the Premier League club when Rangers sporting director Kevin Thelwell took over.

Although he was not included in manager David Moyes’ plans, he still had two years on his contract.

However, Thelwell asserted that his character is well-known from his time at Everton and that his professionalism, upbeat demeanor, and desire to improve are always admirable.

We think Rangers is the right place for him to take that next step and that he can develop into a top striker here. What he can bring to the club in the upcoming years will be exciting to us all.

I immediately became aware of my desire to join the club when I spoke with Kevin and Russell, Chermiti continued.

Cornelius, who has played 35 times for Canada, claimed that Martin and Thelwell wanted to “add someone with leadership qualities” to their defense.

The centre-back signed a four-year contract with Swedish champions Malmo and was immediately sold to Marseille.

He appeared for the Ligue 1 runners-up last season in 23 appearances, 17 of which were starts, and has started two games in this role.