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·21 de junho de 2025
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Any deal done for the Swede is not going to be easy. Isak is one of the best forwards in the world and is under contract until 2028.
In an item discussing Liverpool’s reported interest in the Geordie hitman, the Telegraph reveals that no discussions have yet been opened over Isak.
With focus on Wirtz up until his unveiling on Friday, Liverpool have not yet made an approach for the former Borussia Dortmund forward.
Moreover it’s claimed that Liverpool wouldn’t just have to beat their newly-set club transfer record for Wirtz - they will have to come very close to breaking the world transfer record if they have any chance of talking Newcastle into a sale.
© IMAGO - Florian Wirtz Liverpool
“We are not just talking about a British record transfer fee, we are looking at something approaching the £200 million world record Paris St-Germain paid to sign Neymar from Barcelona,” the report states.
Wirtz has just become the seventh-most expensive player of all time having moved from Bayer Leverkusen - potentially rising to fourth just behind Philippe Coutinho - if all add-ons are met.
Coutinho swapped Liverpool for Barcelona in a €145m deal back in January 2018 - allowing Liverpool to plough the proceeds into Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.
Wirtz could end up topping out at €137.5m.
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Liverpool will potentially end up with TWO of the most expensive players of all time - assuming Isak’s price actually beats the Wirtz fee.
In fact, it's likely to come closer to the €180m PSG paid to Monaco for Mbappe in 2018.
Mbappe, second on the list after Neymar, initially moved on loan from Monaco in 2017 before the deal was made permanent a year later.
These deals will signal a shift in transfer market power in Liverpool’s favour. Liverpool’s careful financial planning under FSG is set to be rewarded in record-breaking fashion.