Why Alexander Isak is ready for the spotlight at Liverpool

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He stood there, and I said: 'Hey, there are seven coaches here all planning for your future, and the only thing you do when you come in is say 'Hi.' Where is the passion?' He said: 'Okay, I hear what you're saying.'

"Then, the next time he came to training, he came to us directly and said 'hey coaches, what have you got planned for me today?' That's typical of Isak.

Though Isak himself was born and raised in the Stockholm suburb of Solna, his Eritrean roots -- and his parents' decision to move to Europe at the height of their nation's civil war during the 1980s --- have helped shape his tenacious character.

Having started out playing football on a local patch of artificial turf simply dubbed "the pitch," Isak joined AIK's academy at the age of six and quickly began to make an impression on his coaches.

Alexander Isak is ready to show Liverpool fans what he's all about since arriving on deadline day.

"We watched some videos of Isak and I said to our technical director, 'if you can get this guy, it would be great.'

"The previous summer, we had been on a training camp in Marbella and we were playing a friendly game against Dortmund.

The forward scored 44 goals in 132 appearances for the Spanish club and by the summer of 2022, he'd done enough to convince Newcastle to make him their club-record signing for a fee in the region of £63m.

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Isak completes first day in training at Liverpool

Take a look at the behind the scenes of Alexander Isak's first day in training after joining Liverpool in a deadline day move.

'Cool' character key to success

It didn't take long for Isak to announce himself in the Premier League.

"But what I really liked from talking to him is that you can tell he is still looking for ways to improve his game at the age of 25."

For Isak, that desire to push the boundaries of his own abilities was one of the factors that compelled him to push for a move to Liverpool this summer.

In the coming days, he will be introduced to more of his teammates as they return from international duty, while manager Arne Slot will assess his readiness for Sunday's trip to Burnley.

While it could still be some time before Isak is ready to play a full 90 minutes, training videos posted to Liverpool's social media accounts show him looking incredibly sharp, and Slot may feel the striker could add an extra dimension to his attack off the bench at Turf Moor.

Of course, having now assumed the label of the most expensive signing in Premier League history, the pressure on the forward to realise that ambition will be greater than ever