{"id":525,"date":"2025-07-25T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/25\/summer-transfer-roundup-liverpool-plans-major-sales-isak-interest-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:44:04","slug":"summer-transfer-roundup-liverpool-plans-major-sales-isak-interest-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/25\/summer-transfer-roundup-liverpool-plans-major-sales-isak-interest-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Transfer Roundup: Liverpool Plans Major Sales, Isak Interest Heats Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer transfer window unfolds, Premier League clubs are actively positioning themselves with notable movements on the horizon. Arsenal have stepped back from their pursuit of Rodrygo, as Real Madrid&#8217;s valuation of at least \u00a385 million prove too steep. Meanwhile, Liverpool are considering significant squad changes, willing to sell Luis D\u00edaz, Darwin N\u00fa\u00f1ez, and Harvey Elliott to finance a bid for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United and Chelsea have decided against pursuing Isak, with United having recently invested in Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, and Chelsea focusing on acquiring Xavi Simons and Jorrel Hato. Chelsea&#8217;s top target this summer is Aston Villa&#8217;s Morgan Rogers, though financial fair play rules present possible hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Monaco&#8217;s striker Mika Biereth is attracting attention from Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Everton, and Wolves, potentially commanding a \u20ac40 million fee. Brentford are set to engage in further talks with Yoane Wissa amid Newcastle&#8217;s interest, highlighting ongoing competition for emerging talents.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United have agreed a \u00a315.6 million deal for Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri, signaling reinforcement in their squad. In major European moves, Real Madrid prepares a \u00a3100 million bid for Manchester City midfielder Rodri, while Barcelona struggles to find a buyer for Ronald Ara\u00fajo despite reducing his price to \u20ac50 million.<\/p>\n<p>Atl\u00e9tico Madrid remains Juventus striker Du\u0161an Vlahovi\u0107&#8217;s preferred destination, with a possible exchange involving Nahuel Molina, and are close to selling winger Samuel Lino to Flamengo for \u20ac25 million. Atalanta may allow Ademola Lookman to join Juventus for \u20ac50 million before shifting focus to Liverpool\u2019s Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich is expected to renew their interest in Liverpool winger Luis D\u00edaz, aware of his desire to leave Anfield. Additionally, Chelsea&#8217;s Raheem Sterling has emerged as a transfer target for Napoli under Antonio Conte. The summer promises substantial activity, marked by strategic sales and key acquisitions across the Premier League and Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool plans major player sales to fund Alexander Isak transfer amid shifting Premier League priorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,190,175,179,194],"tags":[195,207,59,213,302,211,212,182],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-chelsea","category-liverpool","category-manchester-united","category-newcastle-united","tag-alexander-isak","tag-darwin-nunez","tag-featured","tag-lucas-perri","tag-luis-diaz","tag-morgan-rogers","tag-raheem-sterling","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}