17/10/2025
🔴 Arne Slot has declared that Alexander Isak’s pre-season phase with Liverpool is complete, readying the Swedish striker for a defining period. The £125m British record signing from Newcastle, who arrived not fully match-fit after missing the Magpies’ early games, has played 312 minutes for the Reds, scoring once. Slot noted, “Fitness-wise he is close to the level he should be… We can judge him in a fair way from now on.” Despite Isak’s goalless international break with Sweden, unlike teammates Cody Gakpo, Virgil van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Alexis Mac Allister, Slot is optimistic, saying, “His pre-season has maybe finished now… Let’s see where he is in the upcoming weeks.”