The biggest transfer of the English Premier League is perfect: attacker Alexander Isak changes after weeks of poker for the record revenues of the equivalent of around 150 million euros from Newcastle United to Master FC Liverpool.
The Reds announced this late Monday evening. The 25 -year -old Swede receives a six -year contract.
Liverpool thus sets a spectacular end of a real shopping frenzy this summer. The club from the Anfield Road had previously spent almost 340 (!) Millions of euros for new stars, including for national players Florian Wirtz (125 million) as well as for Hugo Ekitiké (95) and Jeremie Frimpong (40).
Newcastle, in turn, had signed Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart for the club record revenue of 85 million euros at the weekend.
The former Dortmund Isak was the second best scorer of the Premier League behind Mohamed Salah from FC Liverpool with 23 goals in the previous season. The Swedish international wanted to leave the Magpies with all his might.
He did not play a game for Newcastle this season. Just a few days ago, Isak spoke of “lost trust”. Newcastle made promises that were not met. Therefore, a change is “in the best interest of everyone, not just in my own”.
So far, the 125 million euros for Leverkusener Wirtz had been the largest sum that an English club paid for a player. This is followed by world champion Enzo Fernández, for which FC Chelsea transferred around 121 million to Benfica Lisbon. Manchester City had invested 117.65 million in Jack Grialish from Aston Villa.