Newcastle are reportedly anticipating a bid of over £130 million for Alexander Isak, whereas Oliver Glasner has reiterated that Marc Guehi is not going to be leaving Crystal Palace until they signal a substitute.
Dominoes starting to fall for Alexander Isak
Now that Newcastle are near the £69m signing of Stuttgart ahead Nick Woltemade, Liverpool are anticipated to return with a second bid for Isak.
Journalist Mike McGrath wrote for the Telegraph that sources are “anticipating a proposal beginning at £130m, earlier than add-ons and bonuses increase the general package deal.”
This comes virtually a month after Liverpool’s first bid of £110m was rejected, with Newcastle initially demanding £150m for his or her Swedish striker.
That stance has reportedly modified, nonetheless. The Instances‘ Martin Hardy and Paul Joyce have supplied an replace this week, suggesting {that a} package deal price £130m may very well be sufficient to succeed in an settlement.
In latest days, Newcastle‘s stance of not on the market has softened after conferences with Isak and development on their very own switch targets.
With the switch of Woltemade practically full, the Magpies are additionally edging nearer to signing Yoane Wissa from Brentford because the Bees search a substitute within the type of Borussia Dortmund ahead Max Beier, for whom they’ve bid £45m in line with Sky Sports activities.
Wissa transferring to Newcastle would imply they’ve their two striker signings which have lengthy been reported to have been a prerequisite to permitting Isak’s departure.
Right now’s Liverpool FC Information
• Supervisor Oliver Glasner has stated Guehi ‘has to remain’ at Crystal Palace if they can’t discover a substitute by the deadline – Man Metropolis‘s Manuel Akanji and Monaco’s Mohammed Salisu are each targets
• Alexis Mac Allister has returned to coaching and Conor Bradley has educated “all week,” stated Slot when providing a optimistic health replace forward of Sunday’s recreation in opposition to Arsenal
• Kostas Tsimikas is to bear a medical at Roma forward of a season-long mortgage transfer – Liverpool needed to promote however have reached a compromise with Roma paying his wages
• James McConnell has signed a brand new five-year deal at Liverpool and moved to Champions League membership Ajax on mortgage, the place he’ll play beneath John Heitinga for the season forward
• Jayden Danns and Rio Ngumoha have been included within the England U20s and U18s squads, respectively – unusually, there aren’t any Liverpool gamers within the senior squad!
Extra from This Is Anfield
Having turn into Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer of all time and dazzled in pre-season, Rio Ngumoha‘s selection to depart Chelsea at 15 years previous has already been vindicated, writes Jack Lusby on a switch that burned bridges to Stamford Bridge:
“Chelsea proceed to recycle their squad summer season upon summer season, with the only academy graduate to start out their 5-1 win over West Ham on Friday night time – Trevoh Chalobah – having initially solely discovered his manner into Enzo Maresca’s plans out of necessity.
“Ngumoha’s former membership have already signed 5 new forwards this switch window alone, with additional curiosity in Xavi Simons, Fermin Lopez and Alejandro Garnacho, whereas promoting Noni Madueke after two-and-a-half seasons.”
READ: Rio Ngumoha’s choice to reject Chelsea has already been vindicated
Elsewhere within the soccer world right now
• Trent Alexander-Arnold has been omitted of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for his or her video games in opposition to Andorra and Serbia – Jordan Henderson remains to be in there, although!
• Mikel Arteta has revealed Bukayo Saka will “might be out for just a few weeks” however not require surgical procedure on his hamstring harm – in the meantime, Martin Odegaard is a doubt for Sunday’s match
• Fenerbahce have sacked Jose Mourinho following their Champions League qualifying exit to Feyenoord – he had solely been there 15 months
Liverpool FC: On today
It’s a day to want completely happy birthday to Liverpool teen Ngumoha, who turns 17 years previous!
The ahead had a memorable seventeenth yr, signing for the Reds, making his debut for the membership and changing into the Reds’ youngest ever goalscorer with that late winner at St James’ Park.
He additionally grew to become our youngest ever participant to characteristic within the FA Cup and second-youngest starter in all competitions, aged 16 years and 135 days.
Now 17, knowledgeable contract is to come back his manner forward of what’s anticipated to be a season with better involvement at senior stage.
To suppose these born in 2008 at the moment are 17 – the place does the time go?!
