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Liverpool sent new Alexander Isak fitness update as debut approaches

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However, the 25-year-old is currently short on fitness, having yet to play this season and been training separately from the Newcastle first team as he effectively went on strike in a bid to force a switch to Merseyside, which, after a long and bitter saga, was eventually concluded in a British-record deal on Deadline Day worth £125million.