{"id":18032,"date":"2025-09-02T06:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18032"},"modified":"2025-09-02T06:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:04:33","slug":"isak-vows-to-make-history-with-liverpool-after-british-record-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=18032","title":{"rendered":"Isak vows to ‘make history’ with Liverpool after British record move"},"content":{"rendered":"
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak vowed to make history with the Premier League champions after finally completing his British-record \u00a3125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle on Monday.<\/p>\n

Isak agreed a reported six-year contract with the Reds after they convinced Newcastle to accept an improved bid ahead of the Premier League’s transfer deadline.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old’s arrival at Anfield will increase the expectation that Liverpool are set for a dominant period and Isak is happy to shoulder the burden.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s a mixture of what the club is building, but what they’re building on top of what the club already is. The history of the club. Me getting the chance to be a part of this, I want to create history,” Isak said.<\/p>\n

“I want to win trophies. That’s ultimately the biggest motivation for me.<\/p>\n

“I feel like this is the perfect place for me to grow even further and to take my game to the next level and help the team as well.”<\/p>\n

Arne Slot’s side had a \u00a3110 million offer rejected by Newcastle in August, but Isak’s determination to force through the move paid off after the transfer saga grew increasingly tetchy.<\/p>\n

Isak told Newcastle he wanted to leave and spent part of pre-season training alone at his former club Real Sociedad rather than linking up with Eddie Howe’s team.<\/p>\n

He was left out of Newcastle’s pre-season tour of Asia with what was said to be a thigh injury and accused the Magpies hierarchy of breaking a commitment that he could leave if a suitable offer came in from a top club.<\/p>\n

Howe had repeatedly stated his desire to keep Isak, who scored 27 times in 42 appearances in all competitions last season.<\/p>\n

Isak’s goals helped secure Champions League qualification and ended Newcastle’s 56-year trophy drought with a League Cup final win over Liverpool.<\/p>\n

But Newcastle’s swoop for Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade on Saturday paved the way for the Swedish forward to secure his dream move.<\/p>\n

“It has been a long summer but I’m just looking forward, not looking at the past,” Isak said.<\/p>\n

“It’s done now and I know I can get back to doing what I love the most. Really looking forward to it. I want to win everything.”<\/p>\n

Isak’s move to Anfield takes Liverpool’s spending on new signings to an estimated \u00a3416 million since the end of last season.<\/p>\n

Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Giovanni Leoni are Liverpool’s other major new recruits.<\/p>\n

The Reds’ spending has shattered the previous summer window record outlay by a Premier League club of \u00a3400 million, set by Chelsea in 2023.<\/p>\n

The Reds had already broken their own transfer record to land Leverkusen playmaker Wirtz for an initial \u00a3100 million before Isak’s move set a new mark for a fee paid by a British club.<\/p>\n

Chelsea held the previous record with their \u00a3107 million signing of Enzo Fernandez in 2023.<\/p>\n

Slot is looking to cement Liverpool’s hold on the Premier League title, while also challenging for a seventh Champions League crown.<\/p>\n

If Liverpool can win the Premier League again this season it would take them past Manchester United alone as the most successful team in English top-flight history, with 21 titles.<\/p>\n

The Reds have not lifted the title in successive seasons since winning three in a row from 1982 to 1984.<\/p>\n

With Isak now the fulcrum of Liverpool’s formidable attack, Slot will be under pressure to deliver the record-breaking title.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman has a wealth of forward options, with new signings Isak, Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike joining Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n

The spending spree marks a dramatic shift in policy for Liverpool, with Chiesa the only senior arrival at Liverpool during the 2024 summer transfer window, for an initial fee of \u00a310 million.<\/p>\n

Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah, Caoimhin Kelleher, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tyler Morton and Ben Doak have all been sold by Liverpool over the summer, with the club recouping around \u00a3190 million.<\/p>\n

Slot’s men already sit top of the Premier League with the only 100 percent record left in the division after beating title rivals Arsenal 1-0 on Sunday to make it three successive victories to open the season.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak vowed to make history with the Premier League champions after finally completing his British-record \u00a3125 million ($169 million) move from Newcastle on Monday. Isak agreed a reported six-year contract with the Reds after they convinced Newcastle to accept an improved bid ahead of the Premier League’s transfer deadline. The 25-year-old’s arrival […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}