Liverpool manager Arne Slot has said that Alexander Isak is getting closer to full fitness. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, it is very important for Isak to get up to speed quickly ahead of this weekend’s clash with Everton because he’ll be crucial to the club’s results henceforth.
Slot added that the Sweden international realizes that Liverpool needs him at the moment.
His words, “Someone said to me the day after [PSG] you cannot write the script that on the day Alex is back after four months the other one leaves the pitch with a long term injury but it is a good thing Alex is back now even more, although it wouldn’t be the first game I have to play without a particular type in a particular position. I have had many games this season where I didn’t have a right full back available, for example. It is nice to have Alex back but we also know he is not ready to play 90 yet.
Very important, although there are also other players that can fill in that position. Those players have played in different positions throughout their lives. Cody [Gakpo] did really well when he came in in the second half [against PSG]. Of course it is important it is important, but you don’t get it like that.
The best thing was that Hugo was still fit, but if he wasn’t, two or three weeks later would have been better because Alex is not ready for 90 yet — depending on the intensity of the game because you never know how a game is going to pan out.
He is getting closer and closer. Now, we need him, but there are different options to play as a No.9, as well. Federico Chiesa is one of them. There are different options but it is definitely good to have Alex back now that Hugo is injured.”
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Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.
The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.
Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.
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