Liverpool have broken the British transfer fee record after completing a £125m deal for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.

The fee outstrips the £116m the club spent on Florian Wirtz earlier this summer, which was itself a record, surpassing the £115m Chelsea paid Brighton for Moises Caicedo two years ago.

Isak, who scored 23 goals last season, did not travel to Asia for the Magpies' ongoing pre-season tour, with the club saying he had a minor thigh injury.

Image: Alexander Isak lifts the Carabao Cup trophy after Newcastle's win over Liverpool in March. File pic: PA

Image: Alexander Isak celebrates one of his goals for Newcastle. File pic: PA

The Sweden international, 25, who has been training at his old club Real Sociedad, has three years left on his contract at St James' Park.

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