Liverpool to return with a British record bid for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak

Premier League champions, Liverpool will submit a second offer for Alexander Isak should Newcastle United make progress on signing the striker’s replacement.

Liverpool had a £110million formal bid rejected on Friday, with subsequent claims from Merseyside that they would not be returning to the table.

They have been told it will take closer to £150m for Newcastle to do a deal, but the fact they are pursuing the likes of Sesko would suggest the hierarchy is contemplating the sale of Isak.

Mail Sport understands Newcastle is pressing ahead with deals for RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko and Brentford’s Yoane Wissa as they anticipate a much-improved approach from the Anfield club.

Reports on Saturday evening stated that Liverpool weren’t going to make a second bid for Isak, with the Daily Mail‘s Craig Hope claiming that the Merseyside club ‘strung along’ the Swedish striker.

But less than 12 hours later, Hope’s exclusive information is that Liverpool ‘WILL’ bid again and ‘have not walked away’.

And if there is a positive effect for the signing of Sesko and Wissa, ‘Liverpool will return with a British record bid for Isak’, Hope adds.