Liverpool handed Alexander Isak transfer boost as Newcastle open talks for a possible replacement

Alexander Isak

Liverpool’s hopes of signing Newcastle striker Alexander Isak have been handed a major boost.

The Premier League champions saw an opening bid worth £110million rejected by Newcastle earlier this month and the Sweden international has since been exiled from the first-team squad.

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That said, Isak remains a transfer target for Liverpool and Arne Slot insists his side must sign another attacker before the summer transfer window closes after losing Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.

Speaking ahead of the Reds’ 4-2 win over Bournemouth, Slot said: “I see Hugo mainly as a number nine that could also play from the left or play together w

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