Football · The Done DealPublished · 2026-08-13
The Done Deal
€145.0m at 1.21× his valuation: Alexander Isak to Liverpool, 1st on the Premier League's 2025/26 list
Newcastle to Liverpool for €145.0m. What the price says against the 148 other disclosed fees the Premier League paid that season.
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Liverpool paid Newcastle €145.0m for Alexander Isak, a forward who was 26 at the time of the move.
The fee
€145.0m
1st largest of 148 disclosed fees into the Premier League, 2025/26
Against the market's number
1.21×
His market value at the time of the move was €120.0m.
Contract signed
6 years
The length of the commitment, not the outcome of it.
Newcastle retained a 10% sell-on clause, so it keeps an interest in whatever Liverpool eventually recoups.
What that buys is a separate question from what it cost. This is the price and the shape of the deal, read against every other fee the Premier League disclosed in 2025/26 — not a forecast of how the signing turns out.
Transfer record, fees and market values: ACTUAL TRANSFER MARKET (actualtransfermarket.com). Analysis: ACTUAL SPORT INTELLIGENCE.
Confidence HighEvidence Actual Sport IntelligencePublished 2026-08-13Partial add_ons withheld — the evidence didn't support it
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