Does Isak make Liverpool unstoppable?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The summer's major transfer saga is over. Liverpool have agreed a deadline day deal for Alexander Isak.
A fee of £130m will help take Liverpool's summer spending over £400m.
So, with the imminent arrival of Isak who can compete with Liverpool?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
With: James Pearce and Adam Crafton
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producers: Guy Clarke and Paul Iliffe
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| 0:55.6 | The Athletic FC Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akimwalere. |
| 1:01.4 | Liverpool have got their man. |
| 1:03.3 | Alexander Isak is joining for £130 million. |
| 1:07.3 | They've also spent over £400 million this summer. |
| 1:10.2 | So can anyone compete with Liverpool? |
| 1:14.6 | All right, with this, for this one, we've got a Liverpool correspondent, James Pearce. |
| 1:18.4 | We've also got Adam Crafton as well. |
| 1:21.4 | James, finally, the Eagles landed. |
| 1:24.0 | David Ornstein broke the exclusive on Sunday evening. |
| 1:27.2 | Deal agreed for £130 million for |
| 1:29.6 | Alexander Isak. Was this always inevitable that Liverpool were going to get there, man? |
| 1:34.5 | I think certainly in the past few weeks, this had definitely been the kind of the direction of |
| 1:39.8 | travel with it. I had my doubts at various points because you wondered whether Newcastle might, |
| 1:46.3 | you know, their Saudi owners might dig their heels in and try and make an example out of |
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