The longest saga of the summer finally came to a conclusion on transfer deadline day as Alexander Isak secured his Premier League record move to Liverpool. The Reds eventually negotiated a division-high fee of £125 million ($168 million) with Newcastle United for the Sweden international, who was desperate to join Liverpool under any circumstances. The transfer took Liverpool’s total spend …
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On the face of it, it’s not hard to see why Liverpool would want Alexander Isak. He will not turn 26 until later this month and has scored more than 20 Premier League goals in each of the past two seasons, something matched only by Erling Haaland. But he offers more than just goals; he’s a very modern centre-forward. Thirty …
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The finish was instinctive, a split-second moment of skill, but then there is all that came before. There’s the movement, where he sticks on Virgil van Dijk before drawing away as the Dutchman turns his back. There’s the sixth sense, as he reads Jacob Murphy’s intention to nod the ball back across goal. And then there’s the belief, to shoot …
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The summer transfer window is officially closed in most European leagues and things were definitely exciting. Liverpool have finally agreed terms with Newcastle for the transfer of Alexander Isak, though the fate of a Marc Guehi move remains in limbo. Manchester City have agreed a deal with PSG for the transfer of Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, while Ederson is set …
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In a deadline day miracle, reports are coming out of England past midnight in the early hours of Monday morning are that Liverpool and Newcastle have reached full agreement for the transfer of striker Alexander Isak. David Ornstein of The Athletic broke the news of a fixed-fee £125M deal not even an hour after it was first reported that negotiations …
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Beth LindopSep 1, 2025, 12:14 AM ET Close Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL. Liverpool have agreed to a British-record deal to sign striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United, sources told ESPN. The Premier League champions have had a £125M bid accepted to sign the Sweden international, who is expected …
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The rich are getting richer, as Liverpool have reportedly agreed a Premier League record transfer fee for Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak. It’s not Newcastle’s $202 million asking price but it’s not far away, either — Sky Sports says Liverpool are paying a fixed fee of nearly $170 million for the playmaking Swede. Sky says Isak will have a medical …
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Liverpool have reached an agreement to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle United. The deal is worth £130million ($176m) to Newcastle due to solidarity payments and will cost Liverpool £125m. It will surpass the Premier League transfer record set by Liverpool’s purchase of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for £116m earlier this summer. Isak will undergo a medical on Monday before …
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Oscar winning filmmaker Alexander Payne is presiding over the Venice Film Festival’s main competition jury this year, returning for the first time since his Downsizing world premiered on the Lido in 2017. That time around, spending just 36 hours here, everything was “a blur.” Today, he said he’s reveling in a sort of paradise that only became real yesterday. “I …
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