Liverpool set to land Isak in record £130m deal

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Liverpool have agreed a British record £125m fee to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle, it's understood, with a £5m loyalty payment taking the deal up to £130m (€150m).

The Reds had a £110m (€127m) offer rejected in August and since then the 25-year-old has not trained with or played for Newcastle, but in the final hours of the transfer window a deal has been reached to end the impasse.

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The striker is set to undergo a medical on Monday, with Newcastle relenting by accepting the player does not want to play for them any longer

United also announced the signing of striker Nick Woltemade on Saturday.

Isak was left out of Newcastle's pre-season tour of Asia with what was said to be a thigh injury, but has been absent from the squad ever since and at one stage was training alone at former club Real Sociedad.

He has accused the club of breaking a commitment that he could leave if a suitable offer came from a big club - though that now looks to have changed.

He will become Liverpool's eighth first-team signing of the summer, marking the second time they have broken their own transfer record following the £110m (€127m) capture of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen.