1st September 2025
September 1 – Liverpool have agreed a British record £125 million deal to sign striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United.
UK media report that, following one of the summer’s longest-running transfer sagas, the English champions have finally got their man: Isak will move to Anfield Road for £125 million, a British record. On Monday, the striker is expected to undergo a medical – in itself not a straightforward procedure for a striker who has spent a lot of time on the injury bench.
The Swedish player had accused Newcastle of breaking a commitment that he could leave if a suitable offer came from a big club, something the club emphatically and in detail denied.
The Premier League champions saw a £110 million bid turned down in August, and since then the 25-year-old has neither trained with nor played for Newcastle in an acrimonious row that has angered football fans (not just of Newcastle) and the club’s ownership as Isak took to social media with a series of half truths and recriminations as he went about forcing his exit.
Now, in the closing hours of the transfer window, an agreement has finally been struck to break the deadlock. But only after Newcastle signed Germany striker Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart for a club record £65 million.
It’s the second time this summer that Liverpool have broken their own transfer record after bringing Germany’s Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for £110 million. The English champions reinforced their squad with Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Giovanni Leoni, and they are reportedly still working on a deal for Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. Signing Isak brought Liverpool’s outlay up to a mammoth £416 million.
The exits of Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Jarell Quansah, Caoimhín Kelleher, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tyler Morton, and Ben Doak have brought in an initial sum of around £190 million.
As of this morning, Premier League clubs had spent over £2.7 billion on new signings. By the close of business, it’s expected that the English clubs will breach the £3 billion barrier.
Europe’s other four main leagues have spent a combined £2.6 billion.
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