Liverpool Don't Want To Stop On The Transfer Exchange Amid Isak's Recruitment Talks

Arne Slot still wants to add new players to Liverpool (Instagram/@liverpoolfc).

JAKARTA - Arne Slot declined to comment on Liverpool's interest in Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak, but said the club would continue to explore the transfer market to recruit new players.

The Premier League champions must accept that an offer of 110 million pounds (IDR 2.4 trillion) for Isak was rejected last week.

The Reds' interest in the player is still there. Newcastle must be willing to release their star striker so Liverpool can return with a better offer this summer.

With Luis Diaz leaving Anfield to join Bayern Munich last month and Darwin Nunez moving to Saudi Arabia's Pro-League club, Al-Hilal, Liverpool clearly want to add more strikers to their squad.

Notely, incoming players must have sufficient quality to start and have reasonable market value.

"As you know from me, and it's the same for many managers, you never talk about players that don't belong to you."

"I can talk about Hugo (Ekitike), which we recently recruited and have played very well to date."

"We are very happy with the squad we have and there are many reasons to be happy about it because we won the league last season."

"Well, some players left, but we've also brought in new players. Young players are playing well."

"Currently, Darwin will leave, but his contract has not been signed. So, we need to wait a few days before everything is completely finished."

"I think we already have a lot of attacking power in our team. When I think of Cody Gakpo, Federico Chiesa, Hugo Ekitike, Mo (Mohamed) Salah, Jeremie Frimpong who can play on the right wing, Florian Wirtz who can play on the left wing, I already feel like I have a lot of options in attack."

"However, as usual as a club, we always see opportunities in the transfer market, but that can also happen in midfield and last line," Slot said when asked about Liverpool's interest in Isak.

Ekitike and Frimpong already showed their quality. They scored a goal in the Community Shield match against Crystal Palace at Wembley, Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Unfortunately, the goals of the two new players were unable to bring Liverpool to victory. They lost on penalties against Palace.