Liverpool complete £125m signing of Alexander Isak from Newcastle in British record transfer
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Liverpool have smashed the British transfer record by signing Alexander Isak from Newcastle for £125m.
Manager Eddie Howe had wanted to bring in two strikers and succeeded in the final day of the transfer window, breaking the club record by signing Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart for an initial £69m and then Yoane Wissa from Brentford for £50m.
I want to win everything.”
Isak’s arrival takes Liverpool’s summer spending to around £430m, a record for a British club in a window, even as they suffered frustration when Marc Guehi’s £35m move from Crystal Palace broke down on 1 September.
It means Florian Wirtz was only Liverpool’s record buy for a few weeks after his £100m arrival from Bayer Leverkusen.
Alexander Isak has completed his move to Liverpool for a British record fee (PA Wire)
Newcastle have doubled their money on a £63m signing, while Isak scored 62 goals in 109 games for them, including one in the Carabao Cup final victory over Liverpool to secure United’s major first trophy since 1969.