Liverpool has had an offer worth £ 120 million including add-ons for Alexander Isak rejected by Newcastle and it has been claimed that the Reds have bottled the move
Liverpool is accused of 'bottling' their pursuit to Alexander Isak after it appeared that they do not believe that a deal is feasible this summer. Newcastle rejected an offer worth £ 120 million including add-ons for Isak, instead to appreciate the striker at £ 150 million.
Isak would like to leave Newcastle and currently only trains Real Sociedad in the former club, after he has not traveled with the rest of the team for their pre-season tour through South Korea after reporting a dijing injury.
And a new report from the Daily Mail quotes sources that claim that Liverpool Isak has 'tense' and ultimately 'the bottled'. The report states that Liverpool was only willing to sign Isak for much less than the £ 150 million appreciation of Newcastle.
In the meantime, Newcastle would have 'some sympathy' for Isak and believes that he has been 'poorly advised and high and dry by Liverpool'. It is noted that Newcastle is not selling Isak unless they have replaced and Liverpool makes a 'enormously improved offer'.
The Reds have already spent more than £ 250 million this summer, with Arne Slot recruitment Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mhamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Freddie Woodman.
When asked for the future of Isak earlier this week, Newcastle -Baas Eddie Howe stated: “He is still our player. He has contracted us. We have checked to a certain extent what the next one is for him.
“I would like to believe that all the possibilities are still available to us. My wish is that it will stay, but that is not in my full control. My wish is that he will stay and we will see him playing again next year.”
Howe also stated that he still had to talk to club heads about Isak, and added: “No, I don't have that. Especially for the fact that I have traveled and today we worked on the training for this afternoon.
“With these journeys they are always so intense. Of course I have contact with the people I have to have contact at home at home, but it is a very minimal contact when you are gone.
“It is an important time for us. There is a lot to take. We have to bring in the right type of player. We do not have to act out of character in any way and work how we always have in the window.
“That is in a strategic way. If the right player is not available for us for the right price, then we cannot do the deals. Everything must fall in line.
“We want to add depth and quality to the areas we have identified. We can get fingers crossed deals.”