{"id":658914,"date":"2025-09-01T02:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=658914"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:17:28","slug":"newcastle-united-liverpool-alexander-isak-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/09\/01\/newcastle-united-liverpool-alexander-isak-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United \u2018Reach Total Agreement\u2019 &#8211; Medical Due Before Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United and Liverpool have been involved in a summer-long transfer saga with Swedish striker Alexander Isak. According to <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1962293133628014809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>, Newcastle have now reached a total agreement with Liverpool for Isak to move to Anfield in a deal worth \u00a3130 million. The medical is scheduled to be done for the Swedish international to get the move he wanted.<\/p>\n<h2>Newcastle United Reach Agreement With Liverpool Over Alexander Isak Transfer<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a3130m Deal Finalised for Swedish Striker<\/h3>\n<p>The transfer saga involving Isak has clearly been disruptive for Newcastle and for the player himself. Isak previously released an explosive statement where he made it clear he wanted to leave:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve kept quiet for a long time while others have spoken. That silence has allowed people to push their own version of events, even though they know it doesn\u2019t reflect what was really said and agreed behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/19\/newcastle-united-alexander-isak-breaks-silence\/\" target=\"_self\">Alexander Isak Breaks Silence With Explosive Newcastle Statement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is that promises were made and the club has known my position for a long time. To now act as if these issues are only emerging is misleading.<\/p>\n<p>When promises are broken and trust is lost, the relationship can\u2019t continue. That\u2019s where things are for me right now \u2013 and why change is in the best interests of everyone, not just myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isak is now on the verge of getting the change he craved.<\/p>\n<h3>Alexander Isak Qualities<\/h3>\n<p>The Liverpool squad was already looking formidable ahead of the new season, but now they have their new figurehead in attack. Isak will bring intelligence to the Liverpool attack with his exceptional movement and link-up play. More than capable with his back to goal or running in behind, he is a constant threat for opposition defenders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/08\/19\/newcastle-interest-jorgen-strand-larsen\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle Eye Striker in the \u2018Top 3% In Europe\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s comfortable in tight spaces and creating room for himself to fire off a shot. His decision-making is also impressive, whether it&#8217;s a shot or a decisive pass to a teammate. He will work hard leading the Liverpool attack, and Arne Slot now has a striker who transforms an already strong Liverpool team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United and Liverpool have been involved in a summer-long transfer saga with Swedish striker Alexander Isak. According to The Athletic, Newcastle have now reached a total agreement with Liverpool for Isak to move to Anfield in a deal worth \u00a3130 million. The medical is scheduled to be done for the Swedish international to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":647554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1267,7188],"tags":[4887,7298,9707],"class_list":["post-658914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-newcastle-united","category-rumours","tag-alexander-isak","tag-liverpool-transfer-rumours","tag-newcastle-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658914"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":658919,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658914\/revisions\/658919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}