Liverpool's extreme Alexander Isak belief CONFIRMED by Newcastle | OneFootball

Liverpool have held a controversial stance on Alexander Isak. Newcastle United have confirmed exactly why.

Liverpool went into this transfer window wanting to sign Alexander Isak. There are now three days to go and they still want to sign Alexander Isak.

Newcastle United have not made it easy, primarily through struggling to sign a striker themselves. They've tried and tried to find the right player to come in, simply to replace Callum Wilson, in fact, but both players and clubs have said no.

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Liverpool, despite receiving no encouragement from Newcastle, refused to move on and target someone else. Jamie Carragher rightly pointed out in the Telegraph that this could come back to bite them - the Reds need someone to arrive as they're short in numbers.

And still, Liverpool risked it all on Isak. They've never moved for an alternative, nor have any really been reported.

It's a controversial and incredibly risky stance. Now Newcastle have gone and confirmed exactly why they took it.

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Liverpool's high-risk stance

So if Liverpool didn't sign Isak, which centre-forward would they move for? That's been the big question and we think it's safe to say that there's no reasonable answer.

Newcastle have confirmed that themselves by agreeing to pay 'over €80m' for Nick Woltemade of Stuttgart. Fabrizio Romano was one of several to report the deal last night.

That is a quite incredible amount of money who scored twice in 30 Bundesliga games the season before last. Woltemade actually moved on a free transfer just one year ago, leaving Werder Bremen for Stuttgart.

Last season then saw 12 goals - a massive increase - but it was really just one supreme six months of football. Woltemade is yet to put in a full, solid season and yet he's moving for an enormous figure.

Which is why Liverpool have stuck so rigidly to their Isak plan. The market for strikers right now is awful, resulting in gambles like this as Newcastle hope that six months was actually a sign that Woltemade is just brilliant now.

The Reds certainly wouldn't take a risk like that - it's not how they operate. And to be fair, Newcastle have been forced into this by missing out on so many strikers who felt like safer bets.

Liverpool know where the real value is and it's in a British transfer record bid for Isak, rather than overpaying for a striker with so many question marks over them. That's why they've held this extreme all-or-nothing stance.

It's the right one.