Newcastle are willing to make Alexander Isak the best-paid player in the club’s history to ward off interest in his signing.
Newcastle are willing to make Alexander Isak the best-paid player in the club’s history to ward off interest in his signing.
Isak is thought to earn somewhere in the region of £400,000
Newcastle United are reportedly willing to shatter their existing wage structure and make Alexander Isak the best-paid player in club history to ward off the jostling queue of interested suitors. A second consecutive season of plundering more than 20 Premier League goals has elevated Isak to rarified heights.
Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães and Anthony Gordon are thought to be the three leading earners who would be surpassed if an agreement can be struck.
However, the picture is not so straightforward. Isak’s agent reportedly paused negotiations over a new deal last summer and discussions have not yet been reopened. There has been no suggestion that Isak is pushing for an exit—Newcastle are fresh from their best season in decades as they achieved Champions League qualification and ended a 56-year trophy drought—but The Times claim that Eddie Howe’s side are “concerned” by Liverpool’s interest.
The reigning Premier League champions have been breaking their own records with their transfer activity this summer, splashing £116 million on ($157.9 million) on the arrival of Florian Wirtz alone.
The German attacking midfielder is expected to be the third highest-paid player at the Reds, slotting in the wage bracket below Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, on a salary which still eclipses anything Newcastle would be able to offer Isak. The Magpies have to walk a thinner tightrope than Liverpool when it comes to the Premier League’s profit and sustainability regulations given their far inferior revenue.
