Alexander Isak told he's 'out of excuses' as Liverpool reality becomes clear

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This allowed some leeway as he worked his way back to fitness, while Slot devised a strategy to incorporate his British record signing.However, midway through December, talkSPORT presenter Jim White raised the question: has Isak reached the stage where excuses no longer apply?"He's been fit long enough. I don't [know what's wrong], he just looks weak," Murphy said frankly.

"He's not full of confidence, that's for sure."I mean, he's never been somebody who relies on his strength, he's a technical player, but he doesn't look as quick or as sharp as he did at his best. He looks well off it."Fellow pundit Simon Jordan chimed in, he said: "He's come into an environment which isn't operating at it's best, is it?

So, he's suffering within the confines of it."But, if you're a £125m footballer that's made as much noise as he made and orchestrated the outcome he orchestrated, there's not gonna be a lot of goodwill besides the Liverpool fans towards him."He's got to find a way. We are building excuses for footballers about what they do have to endure or don't have to endure.""People like me will be judging it more harshly because of the condemnation of his actions," Jordan said."There's no doubt he's a top footballer, come into an environment where Liverpool are not anywhere near [their best], they've got problems all over the field, challenges all over the place."It's not a surprise he isn't operating at the level one would have thought.