Liverpool have seen a bid for striker Alexander Isak rejected by Newcastle United, sources informed ESPN, with the supply nicely under his £150 million ($197m) asking value.
A supply informed ESPN that Liverpool’s supply was price as much as £110m ($145m).
The Sweden worldwide is lacking from Newcastle’s tour of Asia, which the membership say is due to a “minor thigh injury,” and he has been recovering at former membership Real Sociedad‘s coaching floor.
ESPN beforehand reported that Liverpool were interested in Isak regardless of signing striker Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt in a deal price as much as £79m ($105m).
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Now Liverpool have made a transfer for Isak, though Newcastle rebuffed the strategy, sustaining their long-held stance that they want to hold their star striker.
In the meantime, Isak continues to be absent from Newcastle’s preseason.
He missed final weekend’s sport in opposition to Arsenal in Singapore and a match in opposition to a Okay-League XI. He will even not characteristic in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur in South Korea on Sunday.