Liverpool sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle for record fee in England | OneFootball

Liverpool announced this Monday, at the close of the European transfer window, the signing of Swedish striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle, in a deal estimated by the press at €145 million (about R$923.5 million at the current exchange rate), a record in England.

The 25-year-old striker joins the current Premier League champions after a weeks-long standoff with Newcastle, his club since 2022, for whom he scored 23 goals in 34 games last season.

In a brief statement, the ‘Magpies’ simply confirmed “the sale of striker Alexander Isak to Liverpool for a record fee in the United Kingdom.”

“The road to get here was long, but I am very happy to now be part of this team, this club, and everything it represents,” Isak told the ‘Reds’ website.

The striker, with 52 appearances for the Swedish national team, still had three years left on his contract with Newcastle and will wear the number 9 shirt at his new club.

Alexander Isak: third most expensive signing in football history

The estimated fee of €145 million could rise to €150 million (R$955.4 million) if the bonuses included in the contract are met, according to several English media outlets.

In any case, Isak finds himself on the podium of the most expensive signings in history, behind Neymar (€222 million for his transfer from Barcelona to PSG in 2017, about R$820 million at the time) and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé (€180 million when he permanently moved from Monaco to PSG in 2018, R$810 million at the time).

In the Premier League, the Swede breaks the record, surpassing especially major transactions such as those of Ecuadorian Moisés Caicedo (from Brighton to Chelsea in 2023) and Argentine Enzo Fernández (from Benfica to Chelsea in 2023).

He also surpasses the recent transfer of German Florian Wirtz, signed this season by Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen.

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