Arne Slot offers Alexander Isak update with Liverpool plan needed to replace Hugo Ekitike

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has confirmed that Alexander Isak is available for selection this weekend when the Reds take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

Isak's minutes have been managed carefully up to this point as he continues to get back up to speed following his disrupted summer.

But with Hugo Ekitike suspended, Isak might be needed from the start again.

"He is able to play minutes again," Slot confirmed in his pre-match press conference.

So I don't think it is smart to play 90 yet.

"But he's further into his pre-season now and then normally, two or three weeks into pre-season, players go 60 to 70 minutes

Some clubs even bring them to 90, but if we look at our pre-season, we usually do 60 or 70."