Liverpool star Alexander Isak has distanced himself from any involvement with the alleged financial crime around his transfer to Newcastle United.
The Sweden international first arrived in the UK when Newcastle United signed him from Real Sociedad in 2022. The Magpies reportedly paid €70m, and agency Universal Twenty Two brokered the deal.
At that time, it made him the most expensive Swedish player. The striker broke the record again when he moved to Liverpool for over €140m last summer.
Liverpool star’s agent under fire
Expressen now states Universal Twenty Two’s agent Vlado Lemić also owns Reina BV, an agency based in Belgium. They had signed an agreement with an unnamed Gothenburg agency with regards to Alexander Isak’s transfer to Newcastle United.
As part of the agreement, Reina BV would have to pay the latter €1.5m. The Gothenburg agency has come under investigation as part of the criminal investigation surrounding agent Masireh Jadama.
Jadama was previously the face of Universal Twenty Two in Sweden, but the agency cut ties with him in 2025 after suspected money laundering and formal criminal charges. A year ago, the Austrian police arrested him in Vienna and extradited to Sweden.
The authorities are now investigating the Gothenburg based agency’s ties with Reina BV.
The outlet states: ‘The agreement describes how the Gothenburg-based company has “exclusively introduced Alexander Isak” to Reina BV and carried out consultancy work in connection with negotiations concerning Isak.’
‘According to the agreement, the total remuneration amounts to €1.5m… The payments were to be made on 12 different occasions between 2022 and 2028.’
What Sweden international has said
Alexander Isak is with Sweden for November’s international break. When asked about the suspected fraud involving his agent and an unnamed agency, the 27-year-old made his stance clear.
“It’s the same comment as always. Regardless of whether it’s linked to me in any way, I don’t feel it has anything to do with me. I don’t know exactly what’s going on, what’s true and what isn’t, says Isak during a press conference at the current national team training camp,” he said.
As far as he knows, the frontman isn’t aware whether Swedish agents were part of the negotiations.
When quizzed whether he asked his agent about it, Isak explained: “No. Not actually. As long as it doesn’t affect my decisions. What I want to achieve in my football career, what sort of contract and club I want, then it’s not really my problem.”
The Liverpool star also made it clear that players generally have no major involvement with the work that goes behind the scenes with their transfers.
He concluded: “Players don’t involve themselves behind the scenes, in contacts between clubs and agencies. We’re very much on the sidelines when it comes to those matters. The responsibility should not be placed on the players.”
