Alexander Isak Now ‘100%’ Ready To Start Making A Major Impact At Liverpool

Arne Slot has said Alexander Isak is fresh to showcase nan qualities that made him Britain’s astir costly footballer.

Isak’s low-key commencement to life astatine Liverpool has been attributed to him missing nan mostly of pre-season training pinch Newcastle while he forced done a grounds £125m transportation to Anfield. Seven weeks aft joining nan Premier League champions, however, and having played nan entirety of Sweden’s 2 caller World Cup qualifiers, Slot believes lucifer fittingness is nary longer an rumor for a striker who intends to kickstart his Liverpool profession against Manchester United connected Sunday.

“Fitness-wise he is adjacent to nan level he should beryllium and we tin judge him successful a adjacent measurement from now on,” said nan Liverpool caput coach.

“The first 5 aliases six weeks, of people we had nan subordinate we signed but he was not wholly ready. He was getting fitter but he had to do this successful a Premier League game. This is not normal for a player. Ideally you would usage him earlier successful friends matches but location is nary clip successful nan mediate of nan play for a friends truthful we had to build him up playing Premier League and Champions League games.

“You person to beryllium connected apical of your crippled to make a quality astatine this level. You tin play astatine this level if you are 80, 90 aliases 95% but to make a quality astatine nan highest level of shot you request to beryllium 100%. That goes for each subordinate and I deliberation I tin safely opportunity he is 100% now.”

Isak has started 4 games for Liverpool successful each competitions, scoring erstwhile successful nan Carabao Cup triumph complete Southampton. When asked what he wanted from nan club’s grounds signing, Slot replied: “Goals. That is nan astir elemental point but besides to beryllium nan leader successful pressing from our beforehand three, location we tin amended arsenic well. That is thing he needs to do but Hugo [Ekitiké] nan same.

“Of people if you are a No 9 astatine Liverpool you request to people goals but that is what he has ever done successful his life. The only point he needs to beryllium is fresh and, if he is fit, our squad is still creating nan astir chances from unfastened play successful nan Premier League and we person nan astir shots connected target successful nan Premier League from unfastened play. But location is simply a 2nd portion of shot that has go rather important and location we person to improve. You cognize what it is? Set pieces. There are 2 games successful football, nan unfastened play and nan set-piece part.”