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Arne Slot is not done with Liverpool's recruitment this summer(Image: David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool boss Arne Slot admits they need "one more attacker at least" as the club continue to go after Alexander Isak with their pursuit showing no sign of cooling.

The Reds have seen a £110million offer for the Newcastle frontman rejected and are yet to return with an improved bid.

Isak has made it clear he wants to leave St James' Park and is doing all he can to push for the exit door after three years in the north east.

Newcastle would demand a British-record fee but had claimed Isak would not be sold this summer under any circumstances, even if they landed a new striker themselves.

The situation still has weeks to play and Slot has made it clear that he wants more firepower at Anfield after seeing Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez leave.

Liverpool spent £79m to land Hugo Ekitike from Frankfurt, the Frenchman scoring on his debut, but Slot wants more and has opened the door to his new signing pushing out wide to accommodate another new arrival.

He told Sky Sports: "I see Hugo mainly as a No 9 that could also play from the left or together with another No 9.

We need to have one more attacker at least."

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Newcastle have yet to include Isak in any of their pre-season plans and Eddie Howe admits there's no way he can include the Swede for their Premier League opener against Aston Villa given the situation.

And, ahead of a return to the Champions League, Howe has confessed that Newcastle are having to accept that they will have to work with the squad they've been left with.

Eddie Howe is ready to begin the season without Alexander Isak(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

"I don't think it's been healthy for us," he said.

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