The Premier League champions secured a deal for the Newcastle forward but their pursuit of the Crystal Palace defender fell through
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Liverpool headlined a thrilling deadline day with two moves that capped off an expensive and, possibly title defining, summer transfer window for the Premier League champions.
The Reds agreed a British record-breaking fee of £125m for Isak who has dominated the transfer window thanks to his refusal to play for Newcastle amid a desire to move to Anfield.
Despite strengthening at the top of the pitch Liverpool were dealt a blow in defence as a £35m move for Crystal Palace’s Englan defender Marc Guehi failed to materialise. The two clubs agreed on the fee and Guehi completed a medical only for Palace to withdraw from the deal at the 11th hour due to their failure to secure a replacement.
The downfall was due to Brighton’s Igor Julio, who was set to join the Eagles before switching to West Ham through a last-minute deal sheet instead.
A club that did manage to bolster their defensive line was Arsenal, who secured an important signing on the final day of the transfer window with Piero Hincapie joining them on loan from Bayer Leverkusen. The Gunners’ announcement labelled him the “final piece of the puzzle” as Arsenal are intent on challenging for the Premier League title this season.
Deadline day was a blistering whirlwind of last-minute deals with Newcastle splashing out £55m to secure the services of Yoane Wissa from Brentford and Tottenham improving their forward options with the season-long loan of PSG’s Randal Kolo Muani.
Alexander Isak has completed his British record move to Liverpoolopen image in gallery
Alexander Isak has completed his British record move to Liverpool (PA Wire)
Yoane Wissa joined Newcastle United on deadline dayopen image in gallery
Yoane Wissa joined Newcastle United on deadline day (Bradley Collyer/PA Wire)
Nicolas Jackson managed to force his move to Bayern Munich and joins the Bundesliga champions on loan from Chelsea, with the deal including an appearance-based obligation to buy.
Elsewhere in the Premier League, Manchester United negotiated a move for Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens, while Manchester City agreed a £26m fee for PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma as Ederson looks set to head out of the club to join Fenerbahce. Neither of those City deals has been announced as yet.
Aston Villa, limited somewhat by PSR concerns, managed to do two strong loan deals. Jadon Sancho signed for Unai Emery’s men on a season-long loan and Harvey Elliott, who wants more first-time football, leaves Liverpool on another loan but with an option for Villa to buy next summer at a fee of £35m.
Marc Guehi’s move to Liverpool fell throughopen image in gallery
Marc Guehi’s move to Liverpool fell through (PA Wire)
Jadon Sancho joined Aston Villa on a season-long loanopen image in gallery
Jadon Sancho joined Aston Villa on a season-long loan (Getty Images)
In further moves, Fulham confirmed the signing of Shakhtar Donetsk winger Kevin for a club-record deal of £34.6m but Harry Wilson failed to secure a switch to Leeds United. Sunderland will pay up to £21m for Ajax striker Brian Brobbey and Nottingham Forest completed their paperwork in time to sign Dilane Bakwa from Strasbourg.
Premier League teams broke the record spend for a summer transfer window as the deals exceeded £3bn.