Arne Slot explains his plan for 'incredible' Alexander Isak after confirming Liverpool return

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Alexander will return to Liverpool training on Thursday, as Arne Slot has just confirmed. Which one should be Liverpool’s manager next season❓ Credit: Justin Setterfield/Neal Simpson/Sportsphoto/Allstar/Getty Images With two months of intense competition ahead, he’s glad to have Isak at his disposal once again, and won’t want to risk undoing the months of recovery.

He said: “I think Alex is in a really good place because Sweden qualified for the World Cup yesterday evening and apart from that he’s going to train with the group again for the first time tomorrow.“If you’ve worked so hard for three, four months or something like that and then to return to team training, that’s for everyone very nice. One thing Slot made clear, though, was that he won’t be throwing Isak into the deep end.

He went on to say: “Of course it’s only his first session, after three or four months [out], with the team, but it’s good to have him back because we all know who we signed and we’ve signed an incredible striker.“So to have him again in a team that’s usually generating quite a lot of chances – and maybe not immediately from the first moment that he can start – but to have him back for the last two months is, I think, very helpful for us.” Alexander Isak is set to surpass Hugo Ekitike as Liverpool’s main man. With the Premier League’s best striker Erling Haaland sure to be on the pitch, a contribution from Isak would be the perfect way to announce his return.