Liverpool told price Newcastle will accept for Alexander Isak as they reject £120m opening bid

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Newcastle sources confirm they have rejected an offer, worth a British record £120m, from Liverpool for Alexander Isak.

Newcastle value Isak closer to £150m, with the full expectation that Liverpool will return with another offer.

The Reds have wanted him for some time, and TBR Football revealed on Friday afternoon that Isak is confident a Liverpool move will go through.

Now, we can reveal what price Newcastle want for their talisman amid the interest of Richard Hughes and co.

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Chief correspondent at TBR Football, Graeme Bailey, is told that if Liverpool can get close to £140m, that will be enough for Newcastle.

Bailey states: “Newcastle value Alexander Isak at more than £120million, so it is not a shock the offer has been rejected. Liverpool intimated last month that they would come in with a bid of around this value.

“Now the opening offer has come in, Liverpool are not done – they are planning on making a new bid, they have not come this far just to let their ‘dream target’ go.

“I am told that Arne Slot, who has fully backed this bid, having known it was coming months ago, told the club’s hierarchy that it is possible he wanted him in before the start of the Premier League season, and that remains his hope.

“I am told that if Liverpool get above £130million and close to £140million, then that would likely be enough for Newcastle.”

Isak would obliterate the British transfer record

If this does happen, the Swede will overtake Florian Wirtz to take top spot as the most expensive player to ever transfer to a British side.

Obscene amounts of money for an obscenely talented player.