Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher does not think the club should be paying over the odds for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak and has questioned his side’s summer transfer strategy.

The Premier League champions have already spent over £250m this summer with Florian Wirtz arriving from Bayer Leverkusen for £116m and Hugo Ekitike joining from Eintracht Frankfurt for £79m.

The signing of striker Ekitike had seemingly ended any hopes of signing Isak this summer but that all changed when the shocking news broke last month that the Swede wants to leave the Magpies.

Liverpool have since seen a big of £110m rejected and have been told it will take closer to £150m for Newcastle to do a deal for the player, who returned to the club’s training ground this week after going AWOL in an attempt to secure a move.

And Carragher does not believe that meeting that valuation would be particularly smart business.

Speaking on The Overlap brought to you by Sky Bet, he said: ‘in terms of what Liverpool have done in the summer by bringing in players, they’ve spent a lot of money and it doesn’t feel like the Liverpool way of doing things so much – or certainly if you listen to some supporters who have been on the owner’s case for so long!

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Jamie Carragher is not convinced that Liverpool need to sign Newcastle striker Alexander Isak

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Isak wants to leave Newcastle this summer and the Reds have already seen a bid rejected

‘He [Alexander Isak] will be an amazing signing, but from a fan’s point of view for myself, I don’t want Liverpool to spend £150 million on Isak.

‘You [Martyn Ziegler] just said he’s Liverpool’s number one target, and I can probably imagine that, but there’s something about Liverpool buying another striker [Hugo Ekitike], and he’s backup.

‘Something about it doesn’t feel right to me. I know Liverpool need numbers, for a number of reasons, at the top of the pitch.

‘I look at Isak, and he’s obviously thrown his toys out the pram once Arsenal signed a striker and Liverpool signed a striker.

‘From his point of view and from his agent’s point of view, do they not tell Newcastle months ago that they wanted to move on? It feels a bit messy to me now.

‘For me, when I think of Liverpool, it doesn’t look really planned – I don’t think the plan is to buy a striker for £80 million, and then be looking to buy another one for £120 million.’

Fans have doubts over how Arne Slot’s team would line up with the addition of two new high-profile forwards.

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Liverpool have spent big this summer, signing the likes of Florian Wirtz (L) and Hugo Ekitike (R)

Ekitike and Isak have similar profiles and the former would likely have to be pushed out to the left to accommodate the latter.

Ekitike was a top target for Eddie Howe’s side before Liverpool swooped and the Magpies will surely have to sign a new striker if they are to let Isak go.