Liverpool AGREE record £125m Alexander Isak transfer with Newcastle on deadline day

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Alexander Isak is leaving Newcastle for Liverpool(Image: Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Liverpool are set to end the transfer saga of the summer after agreeing a fee with Newcastle to sign Alexander Isak.

The Reds have been keen on the Sweden international all summer, but saw an initial £110million bid rejected at the start of August.

Isak has gone on strike and publicly accused Newcastle of breaking promises of a transfer - and finally he will get his way.

The 25-year-old is due to have a medical on Monday after Liverpool agreed to pay Newcastle £125m for his services, although the deal is worth £130m to the selling club due to solidarity payments.

He will sign a six-year contract on Merseyside and become the most expensive player in Premier League history, eclipsing his new team-mate Florian Wirtz, who cost a combined £116m from Bayer Leverkusen earlier this summer.

Newcastle have been insistent that Isak is not for sale at any price this summer, with Eddie Howe suggesting he could still be reintegrated into the team.

But the £70m signing of Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart on Saturday eased the pressure and opened the door to a deal that Liverpool believed was always on the table.

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The Magpies have been chasing the signings of two strikers this summer, having lost Isak to self-imposed exile and Callum Wilson on a free transfer to West Ham.

Liverpool have spent over £300m to sign Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giovanni Leoni, Armin Pesci and Freddie Woodman this summer, but always had extra funds available for Isak.

His decision to burn his bridges with Newcastle by releasing an inflammatory statement played into Liverpool's hands, making it seem unlikely that he could rejoin Howe's squad.

Alexander Isak has been training by himself while in exile at Newcastle(Image: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)

"When promises are broken and trust is lost, the relationship can't continue," Isak wrote on August 19.

We do not foresee those conditions being met.”

Those conditions have now been met and, barring any unforeseen complications on deadline day, Isak will become a Liverpool player.