"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.

How much it'll take to get Newcastle's reluctant green light has been revealed, while the Magpies have also set a second condition that must be met before they'll sell Alexander Isak to Liverpool, according to a report.