Ahead of welcoming Los Rojiblancos to Merseyside, Slot offered more detail over his intended plan for Isak, and his likely absence from the Merseyside derby against Everton on September 20. "We decided it's best for him to have a proper week of training instead of playing for five or 10 minutes," he said at Turf Moor.

When you play for the best teams, you expect to be competing with the best players,” Ekitike said. “Isak is a player I’ve watched too, so seeing him arrive is a pleasure. It’s going to be tough competition,

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says record signing Alexander Isak will be gradually integrated into the team after his heavily interrupted start to the season.

Alexander Isak’s former youth team coach has recalled the huge change he saw in Liverpool’s new record signing when he turned 14.Elias Mineirji first remembers meeting Isak when he was five or

Newcastle offered a heated response just hours later and the transfer saga would reach another layer of complication after his £125 million ($169.2 million) switch to Anfield when Isak was accused of intentionally dropping his performance levels in the hope of sabotaging Newcastle’s Champions League aspirations.

While Liverpool manager Arne Slot claimed Alexander Isak is " perhaps the best striker in the world ", Pep Guardiola wasted no time in firing back to defend his star forward. " Haaland is the best ," the Manchester City boss told Sky Sports ahead of the derby clash with Manchester United.

Speculation is rife in Sweden over Alexander Isak’s 18-minute cameo for his national team in their shock defeat to Kosovo on Monday.

Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitiké admitted that the Deadline Day arrival of Alexander Isak would make for “tough competition” in the season going forward, yet effectively shifted the impetus onto his club manager Arne Slot to solve then “problem”.

Slot has warned Liverpool fans not to expect to see much of Isak over the coming weeks, while addressing fears Mac Allister faces a lay-off after his early withdrawal at Burnley