Alexander Isak “gutted” after serious injury – “I will be back as soon as I can”

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Alexander Isak has shared a statement following successful surgery on the injury suffered in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham, with the striker left “gutted.” Isak fractured his fibula and required surgery to repair damage to his ankle after a shocking challenge from Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven on Saturday. YNWA.” While the club have not placed a timeframe on Isak’s recovery, and certainly not his return to the pitch, Arne Slot expects the 26-year-old to be back before the end of the season.

“You join a new club, usually when you joined a new club you want to show immediately all the qualities you have, but that was simply impossible. “And that took, which we all knew, months before we could bring him there, because there was no pre-season.

“There were games, games, games, games, games, hardly any time to train, so we always knew that it would take him time and that’s why it’s so unlucky that he’s now injured. “Because I think we all saw, with his goal against West Ham and this goal, that he got closer and closer to the player he was last season at Newcastle.” Hugo Ekitike will remain first-choice centre-forward in Isak’s absence, with Slot expected to rely on Federico Chiesa as cover for the Frenchman.