Alexander Isak has just risked upsetting Newcastle fans further with new Liverpool comments
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Alexander Isak is in the news for all the wrong reasons on Sunday as far as Liverpool supporters are concerned.After picking up what appeared to be a toe injury after scoring in Sweden’s win over Romania on Thursday, Isak has returned to Merseyside with a ‘minor’ problem.Having taken his time to get going following a record £125m move from Newcastle last September, Isak was finally starting to feel like a Liverpool player after scoring four goals in five Premier League games this season. 🚨 Alexander Isak has suffered a minor injury and is returning to Liverpool early. Give us your reaction 👇 Credit: Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images But while there will be fresh worry over his immediate availability, the 27-year-old furthered the feeling that he is now Liverpool through and through by declaring the moment he signed for the Reds as his favourite Premier League memory so far.Isak’s favourite Premier League moment came at LiverpoolThis season is now Isak’s fifth in the Premier League, with his three best campaigns coming while employed by Newcastle.
Though things turned sour for him at St James’ Park, the Swede scored 54 goals for the Magpies in the division, with a fair few memorable strikes along the way.But while he could have picked his first Premier League goal – which ironically came at Anfield – or his incredible, mazy run to set up a Jacob Murphy goal against Everton, or even his last league goal against Liverpool, which was a thumping, long-range blaster to beat Caoimhin Kelleher, Isak picked a different answer when asked by Viaplay to name his favourite Premier League memory so far.READ MORE: Yankuba Minteh speaks out about failed Liverpool move and makes ‘very soon’ prediction“Signing with Liverpool,” Isak said, with a perfectly straight face. While it may be true that this was indeed his favourite moment, that alone will come as another slap in the face to Newcastle supporters, and will be yet more reason for them to despise the player who once brought them such joy.After all he went through to get his move to Liverpool, Reds fans will understand why it was such a big moment for Isak to join their club.
Champions at the time, and still a huge club whatever the circumstances, joining Liverpool does probably trump scoring half a century of goals for Newcastle.Magpies fans will not see things that way, though, and Isak’s answer serves as another reminder at just how badly his bridges with his former club have been burned.Isak names most underrated Liverpool teammateIsak also answered a handful of other, quickfire questions while sitting down with Viaplay. 9 went with David Silva, before interestingly naming Curtis Jones as the most underrated teammate he has ever had.Asked to describe the Liverpool dressing room in one word, Isak went with ‘quality,’ and named the fans as the best thing about the club overall.The former Real Sociedad striker then picked representing Sweden at the World Cup as the proudest moment of his career so far, and finally said that the biggest goal for the rest of his playing days is to ‘win a massive trophy.’ Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox