Alexander Isak's Liverpool pre-season plan becomes clearer as Reds seek to avoid repeat

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SportFootballAlexander IsakLiverpool are expected to have Alexander Isak report for duty on the club's pre-season tour of the United States later this monthLiverpool are expected to have Alexander Isak as part of their pre-season tour of the United States following Sweden's exit from the World Cup on Tuesday evening.Isak's Sweden were dismantled 3-0 by a blistering France performance in the round of 32, with two goals from Kylian Mbappe either side of a Bradley Barcola effort enough for Didier Deschamps' les Bleus to storm into the final 16 in New York.The defeat means Isak will likely link up with his club colleagues later this month for the second week of their summer tour of USA.In recent years Liverpool have given players involved in international tournaments three weeks off in the summer before asking them to report for pre-season training.That means Isak, who joined the Reds for a British record £125m on September 1, will fly into the club's pre-season base in Chicago later this month to play some part in the tour.A new era at Liverpool begins under Andoni Iraola at the AXA Training Centre on Monday, July 13 before the squad fly to the States for their three-game tour the following week.The Reds jet Stateside on Monday, July 20 and will be based in Chicago for the duration of the trip.They visit Nashville and New York for games with Sunderland and Wrexham on July 25 and July 29, respectively, before concluding their tour back in Illinois against Leeds United at Chicago's Soldier Field on August 2.Iraola then wraps up his summer schedule with two friendlies at Anfield against Monaco and Como on August 9 and 16, respectively.Isak will be expected to join up with a handful of Liverpool's internationals who were eliminated on Monday at the same stage.Germany's penalty-shootout loss to Paraguay means Florian Wirtz will be available alongside Netherlands trio Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and captain Virgil van Dijk, who were also beaten on penalties, by Morocco.The period will be viewed as critically important for Isak, whose entire pre-season programme was decimated by his acrimonious departure from former club Newcastle United last year.The striker was kept off Newcastle's tour of the Far East last year after an injury was cited before he returned to training by using the facilities of former club Real Sociedad without the permission of the Magpies.Isak was then made to train alone at Newcastle and he played no part in their first three Premier League fixtures under Eddie Howe, including a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool, before eventually being granted his dream move to Anfield.Liverpool have just Alisson Becker, Alexis Mac Allister and new signing Victor Munoz left at the World Cup as the round-of-32 stages continues on Wednesday with England against DR Congo at 5pm, BST and Belgium against Senegal at 9pm.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageChoose Liverpool Echo as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCAlexander IsakWorld Cup