The Crystal Palace captain is into the final year of his contract in south London and according to our transfer expert David Ornstein and Liverpool correspondent James Pearce, the Premier League champions have held talks over his potential signing.

Isak – by now a player we are contractually obliged to refer to as ‘the wantaway striker’, although in opinion-led pieces ‘the poorly-advised Swede’ is also acceptable – has somehow managed to go both Full Kane and Full Berahino in the space of about three days.