LONDON (AP) — European soccer’s summer transfer window was closing Monday with most focus on the big-spending Premier League, with Alexander Isak, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Emi Martinez potentially clinching high-profile moves on deadline day.
A record single-window spend of 2.7 billion pounds ($3.65 billion) by England’s top-flight clubs could be supercharged if Liverpool finally secures the signing of Isak after a summer-long pursuit of the Newcastle striker.
British media has reported that Liverpool has reached agreement with Newcastle to buy Isak for 125 million pounds ($170 million) – which would be a British-record fee – ahead of him taking a medical examination. Neither club has officially commented on the potential deal.
Liverpool has already spent nearly 300 million pounds ($400