Alexander Isak is due to rejoin Liverpool’s group training this week after a three-month absence caused by a fractured leg and ankle injury. The striker is scheduled to take part in team sessions on Thursday, manager Arne Slot confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Alex is in a really good place because Sweden qualified for the World Cup yesterday evening, and apart from that he\u2019s going to train with the group again for the first time tomorrow,\u201d Slot revealed in a brief interview with Liverpoolfc.com on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Slot cautioned that returning to collective training is only an early step in the recovery. \u201cIf you\u2019ve worked so hard for three, four months or something like that and then to return to team training, that\u2019s for everyone [is] very nice. So, Alex is, in that sense, in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n
The manager underlined the need for gradual progression. \u201cIt\u2019s only his first session after three or four months [out], but it\u2019s good to have him back because we all know who we signed, and we\u2019ve signed an incredible striker,\u201d Slot added. \u201cTo have him again in a team that\u2019s usually generating quite a lot chances\u2014and maybe not immediately he can start\u2014for the last two months [of the season] is, I think, very helpful for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isak\u2019s path back to match fitness will take time. He struggled with fitness after a summer spent trying to force his way out of Newcastle United and arrived at Liverpool lacking condition. He did not score his first Premier League goal for the club until the end of November. The goal against Spurs that caused the injury was only Isak\u2019s second in the league.<\/p>\n
Liverpool travel to Manchester City in the FA Cup on April 4, a game Isak almost certainly won\u2019t play. After that, the Reds face Champions League quarterfinals against Paris Saint-Germain, with the two legs of that tie sandwiching a Premier League match with Fulham. Seven months after a $168.75 million (\u00a3125 million) transfer made him the most expensive player in English soccer history, Isak has had a difficult start to the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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