Al-Marsad newspaper – AFP: Newcastle United announced that young Swedish striker Alexander Isak will join the club owned by the Saudi Investment Fund from Real Sociedad, the two clubs announced on Friday.
And a statement from the English club stated that the 22-year-old had signed a “long-term contract” to become the fourth deal for the team this summer.
“They ended up offering an amount of money they couldn’t refuse. We lost a great player. Now we have to find a replacement for him,” Real Sociedad director Joken Aberbay said on the sidelines of the Europa League draw in Istanbul.
Reports indicated that the deal amounted to 70 million euros, in addition to five million bonuses, thus making the Swede the most expensive player sold by Sociedad in its history, as well as the most expensive deal in the history of Newcastle.
Isak, who started his career with the Swedish AEK in 2016, before moving a year later to Borussia Dortmund, and then to Real Sociedad in 2019, with whom he scored 44 goals in 132 matches.
Internationally, Isak made his debut for the Swedish national team in 2017, scoring nine goals in 37 matches.