During the weekend it became increasingly clear that Alexander Isak has established his sentences firmly on Liverpool.
A relocation of Newcastle United has been quietly brewed for months and, as we reported on FlashScore last week, there has been friction below the surface.
The refusal of Newcastle to meet new contract requirements for the rush has left the door open – and now Liverpool is preparing to walk through it.
Luis Diaz's agreement to become a member of Bayern Munich has shifted the conversation. It is no longer a question whether Liverpool needs an attacker. Now it's about who they will get – and Isak is the name that quickly gains strength.
Sources suggest that this transfer story follows further than many realize. At the beginning of last season, Isak believed that his contract discussions would claim. Instead, Newcastle Anthony Gordon handed over a new deal that financially ahead of him.
It did not go unnoticed in the dressing room. Isak remained a deal with a value of around £ 110,000 a week and even colleague attacker Callum Wilson earned more.
Isak's statistics in the previous season. Opta by Statspleform
That moment with Gordon was important because the camp of Isak remained somewhat surprised. It shifted their view of the club's vision for him and since then there has been a calm feeling of discomfort.
In the past few weeks, new contract discussions have not been going well from a club perspective.
It is understood that this tension could have been avoided if Newcastle had acted earlier. The damage appears.
The importance of Liverpool is registered and there will probably be an official offer.
Newcastle is not going to sell unless the figures are huge – but Isak is currently not working with the team in the preseason and insiders say that his focus is already elsewhere. He sees Liverpool as the step he waited for.
A British transfer record will probably have to be broken to make it happen. Florian Wirtz's £ 116.5 million move to Bayer Leverkusen is the current benchmark, but figures close to the situation are of the opinion that this will not be a barrier.
Liverpool is ready to re -publish … and Isak is ready to leave.