Overview
- Isak has two goals from 12 Liverpool appearances and has averaged roughly 14 touches in each of his recent starts, according to Slot’s briefing.
- After scoring his first league goal for the club against West Ham, he was described as peripheral and substituted during the 1-1 draw with Sunderland.
- Slot frames the £125m signing as a six-year project, noting the lack of a pre-season and an October groin layoff as key factors in a slow integration.
- Alan Shearer and former Newcastle scout Paul Montgomery argue Liverpool must play earlier balls into the box and adapt to Isak’s strengths after his counter-focused role at Newcastle.
- Slot says Isak could benefit from overlapping right-backs, with reports indicating Conor Bradley is expected to return for Leeds and Jeremie Frimpong is due to resume team training next week.