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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Liverpool agree £125m deal to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle on deadline day

Alexander Isak celebrates scoring for Newcastle against Ipswich in April 2025
Alexander Isak will become Liverpool’s eighth first-team signing of the summer. Photograph: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United/Getty Images

Alexander Isak is close to joining Liverpool after Newcastle accepted a British-record £125m fee for the striker.

The Sweden international will undergo a medical on Monday before signing what is expected to be a six-year, £300,000-a-week contract. The deal would end the summer’s longest and most acrimonious transfer saga, during which Isak downed tools on Tyneside to force a move to the Premier League champions.

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