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It was a summer of significant transfers for Swedish forwards, but none eclipsed the $169 million (£125 million) deadline day agreement Liverpool reached with Newcastle to conclude the Alexander Isak saga.
Newcastle had already strengthened its attack with the $74 million (£55 million) acquisition of Anthony Elanga, while Arsenal found the number nine it had been seeking when it secured Viktor Gyokeres for $85 million (£63 million) from Sporting CP.
However, Liverpool broke the British transfer record when it resolved the protracted saga over Isak's future. The 26-year-old had long expressed his desire to leave the Magpies after aiding them in securing the club's first major trophy in 70 years by scoring the decisive second goal in the 2-1 Carabao Cup final victory over his new team.
After scoring 62 goals in 109 appearances at St. James' Park following his big-money transfer from Real Sociedad, Isak could have chosen from a host of clubs.
Yet, he only had eyes for the Reds. And after a disrupted summer spent largely training alone, he will be eager to make his mark at Liverpool after the international break.
One of Sweden's most successful strikers, Henrik Larsson, is confident that Isak will do just that.
But the Celtic scoring legend, who went on to win the Champions League with Barcelona, has disclosed that he had alerted one of his former clubs about the superstar's talent.
"It's not for me to give him advice," said Larsson, who went on to coach at Barcelona under Ronald Koeman, told Flashscore. "He's been a talent since he was 15.
"Playing at Newcastle is not easy, and he did it fantastically well. Now he's going to Liverpool — it's just the next step.
"I told Barcelona about him when I was there (as a coach). They asked me for a list of strikers, and I said Alexander Isak. He was one of them, and I actually also had (Robert) Lewandowski on it."
What Barcelona missed out on could prove to be Liverpool's treasure, though manager Arne Slot has acknowledged his new number nine is still finding his rhythm.
During his press conference earlier today, the Liverpool manager explained: "I said to him when he started that the difficult thing will be that you will have your appearances.
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"But if you add the minutes together, [he] probably only had two or three 90-minute games. That is what we inherited from the situation of him not being with the team in Newcastle, and we knew this before, so it's not an excuse.
"He already scored a goal, he gets fitter and fitter, but the main thing is he adjusts to his teammates and the teammates adjust to him.
"The more he plays together, the better things will work. He had a great counter movement in the (Crystal) Palace game, where in the end the midfielder didn't see that, and he already played the ball to the right.
"If he would have seen it, he would have been one-on-one to the goalkeeper. So, these are things you get if you play more together."
Liverpool.com says: Isak would have been the ideal successor for Robert Lewandowski at Barcelona, but the Camp Nou side was never going to have enough money to prise him from Newcastle.
While he isn't up to speed yet at Liverpool, there is no doubt that he will be a big success. Once he's fully fit, Isak should be a nailed-on guarantee of goals.
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