"These transfers don't happen out of nowhere," Ogden told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast. "If Liverpool are sitting there comfortable and confident that Isak is going to be their player then it is because they probably know he wants to join them.

Newcastle United have rejected a formal offer from Liverpool for striker Alexander Isak, it has emerged. Liverpool made an informal approach to Newcastle last month to express an interest in signing Isak for around £120 million ($158.6 million), but the Magpies wasted little time in shooting down the proposal.