Overview
- Liverpool paid about £125m on deadline day to sign Alexander Isak after he spent much of the summer training alone at Newcastle.
- The striker has produced one goal and one assist in eight outings for Liverpool, with no Premier League goals to date.
- A groin injury picked up against Eintracht Frankfurt has sidelined Isak, and he is set to miss the match against Aston Villa.
- Arne Slot defended his handling of the forward, arguing the congested schedule required rotation and that Isak’s pre-season effectively happened during the campaign.
- Former Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul called the saga “karma” and said there were no winners, as Newcastle’s replacement Nick Woltemade continued his scoring run.