Liverpool could sign two of the most expensive players EVER

Liverpool have just signed Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen - paying what could end up as a £116m fee for the Germany playmaker.

But sporting director Richard Hughes and head coach Arne Slot are not stopping there. They are determined to add even more quality to the Premier League title-winning squad.

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Plans are in place for a high-quality centre-forward. There have been extensive links with Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt as well as Victor Osimhen - the Napoli striker. But perhaps the Reds’ idea of a dream No9 has always been Alexander Isak.

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The club have been tipped to move for the Newcastle talisman - who scored 23 goals for the club in the top flight last term.

Liverpool have signed Wirtz, Isak next?

Any deal done for the Swede is not going to be easy. Isak is one of the best forwards in the world and is under contract until 2028.

In an item discussing Liverpool’s reported interest in the Geordie hitman, the Telegraph reveals that no discussions have yet been opened over Isak.

With focus on Wirtz up until his unveiling on Friday, Liverpool have not yet made an approach for the former Borussia Dortmund forward.

Moreover it’s claimed that Liverpool wouldn’t just have to beat their newly-set club transfer record for Wirtz - they will have to come very close to breaking the world transfer record if they have any chance of talking Newcastle into a sale.

Newcastle want deal approaching £200m for Isak

“We are not just talking about a British record transfer fee, we are looking at something approaching the £200 million world record Paris St-Germain paid to sign Neymar from Barcelona,” the report states.

PSG currently own the records for the two most expensive transfers of all time (€).

Wirtz has just become the seventh-most expensive player of all time having moved from Bayer Leverkusen - potentially rising to fourth just behind Philippe Coutinho - if all add-ons are met.

Coutinho swapped Liverpool for Barcelona in a €145m deal back in January 2018 - allowing Liverpool to plough the proceeds into Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.

Wirtz could end up topping out at €137.5m.

Liverpool tipped to break records in transfer market

Liverpool will potentially end up with TWO of the most expensive players of all time - assuming Isak’s price actually beats the Wirtz fee.

In fact, it's likely to come closer to the €180m PSG paid to Monaco for Mbappe in 2018.

Mbappe, second on the list after Neymar, initially moved on loan from Monaco in 2017 before the deal was made permanent a year later.

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These deals will signal a shift in transfer market power in Liverpool’s favour. Liverpool’s careful financial planning under FSG is set to be rewarded in record-breaking fashion.