Alexander Isak is the next Mohamed Salah. You just need to become a Liverpool player to prove it.
While Liverpool's summer spending amounts to £ 270 million so far in Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, the sources have told ESPN that the Premier League champions continue to follow a movement for Isak despite the fact that Newcastle rejected an initial investigation two weeks ago.
If the wheels begin to deliver the favor of the Liverpool and an agreement for Isak suddenly becomes a real possibility, it will probably imply a rate in the £ 150 million region to sign the Sweden striker, a rate that would take its transfer disbursement from the end of the last season beyond £ 400 million. It is an amazing number for a club that has traditionally been overcome by the rivals of the Premier League Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United, but there are two reasons why Liverpool is prepared to break the bank for Isak in the middle of its busy summer.
In the first place, they can pay it, what follows an explanation, and secondly, the sources have told ESPN that this transfer window has been identified by the Anfield hierarchy as the one built by their team during the next five years and Isak is key to that.
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With Salah, now 33 years old, committing to a new two -year contract this summer, he realizes in Liverpool that his Talisman striker must be replaced at some time in the near future. And although the numbers for Isak are potentially huge, when signing it now, Liverpool will have its locked Salah replacement, and the task of replacing the old lamb-sadio line of advance-sadio firmino's progress will be complete.
In the space of a window, to a possible combined cost of £ 350 million, the signings of Wirtz, Ekitike and (if they get their desire) Isak will give Liverpool its attack unit for at least five years.
The uncertainty about Isak's future in Newcastle continues to grow due to its absence of the club's preseason tour of Singapore and South Korea. ESPN reported last week that Isak has made it clear that he wants to consider the options of a move away from St James park. The next Liverpool movement in his search for the 25 -year -old will decide whether to move to Anfield this summer or if Newcastle rejected any perspective that the player leaves the club while he is still three years old in his contract.
Newcastle's manager, Eddie Howe, said just over a week ago, after leaving Isak out of a pre -season friendly against Celtic in Glasgow, who was “sure” that his star striker would still be in the club when the transfer window closed on September 1, but speaking in Singapore on the weekend, Howe hinted The future of Isak being taken from his hands. Finally, the decision will rest with the Board of the Board, Howe hinted that Isak was taken from her hands by saying “, finally, the decision will rest with the Board Board”
With Newcastle still limited by the rules of benefit and sustainability of the Premier League (PSR), despite being the property of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, the club has fought to sign the players this summer. Only Anthony Elanga de Nottingham Forest and the South Korean end Seung-Soo Park, 18 years to the 18-year-old team have been added; For those who pull the financial levers in St James', an agreement of £ 150 million for Isak would give Newcastle the ability to spend large, although at the expense of losing their best player.
Newcastle recruitment difficulties offer liverpool encouragement. The managers and followers generally have an emotional vision of the players who went and left, but the owners and financial departments put the business first and, at some point, it will be practically impossible for Newcastle to reject a great offer.
However, for Liverpool, the window of opportunity is right now. Isak is open to a movement, and they have the funds for this to happen. As Premier League champions, Liverpool is also the most attractive domestic destination, something that might not be the case in 12 months.
So how does Liverpool have the funds considering its already gigantic disbursement in new signings? Liverpool spent only 35 million last summer: £ 10 million in Federico Chiesa and £ 25 million in goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who spent last season on loan in Valencia, but raised £ 40 million by downloading the SEPP Van Den Berg defender and the Fábio Carvalho Games manufacturer to Brentford.
Already this summer, Liverpool has deposited £ 52 million after the exits of Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Caoimhín Kelleher (Brentford) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (Real Madrid), while a treatment of £ 65.5 million to download Luis Díaz to Bayern Munich is almost almost finished. When adding the Liverpool of £ 82.7 million won in the Champions League last season and £ 174.9 million when winning the Premier League, it is clear that the club has a significant financial space, with the £ 270 million already spent well accounted for by the money it arrived.
If, as expected, Darwin Núñez, Harvey Elliott and Chiesa also move before September 1, Liverpool will probably raise £ 80 million to £ 100 million. It would mean that a movement of £ 150 million for Isak would not put the club anywhere near violating its PSR limits. But there is also the factor that Liverpool is making the long -term investment in a summer. They are unlikely to need to spend so big again next year.
Then, if Isak arrives and joins those who are already signed, Liverpool will have a future to its attack options and has also given its fans the tempting perspective that Isak and Salah play together until the new man finally eclipates him as the main man. For that to happen, Liverpool has to unlock the door to sign Isak, but it is not as complicated as it could be seen from the outside.
