Didi Hamann believes ‘incredible’ Liverpool star won’t be back to his best until next season

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Liverpool need their players to start firing quickly and get some more points on the board.No one is really too sure what is going on with the Reds right now, with four successive losses in all competitions leaving fans very worried. Arne Slot certainly has some thinking to do, but in all fairness, he needs some of his players to rise to the occasion as well.With that being said, how long it takes for players to get up to speed is as good a guess as any, although Didi Hamann has offered a worrying suggestion that one star may not come good until next season.Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesDidi Hamann believes Alexander Isak could take the whole season to get back to his best Liverpool have signed so many quality players over the summer that fans had hoped for an instant impact from all of them.

This has not been the case.Almost all of them have struggled other than Hugo Ekitike, with this a big worry for Alexander Isak due to competition for his place in the team.The Swede missed almost all of pre-season due to the transfer saga he was embroiled in, meaning that he has taken a lot longer to get up to speed than the rest.Despite Slot saying his striker is fully fit now, though, he still looks a long way off his best, with Hamann suggesting he may never regain his best form until the 2026/27 season.“It could take all season for Alexander Isak to get back to his best,” the German told ESports News UK. “It’s very hard to build up fitness during the season, and he’s just not 100 percent fit.READ MORE: Premier League now set to speak to Liverpool after breaking rule vs Manchester United“We’re seeing maybe half of the Isak we’ve seen at Newcastle.

How long it’s going to take for him to get to full fitness? I do not know.“Maybe it’s best to take him out for a week or 10 days to train and then bring him back into the team.”Alexander Isak should not need the whole season to find his feet at LiverpoolIt is completely fair that Isak will need time to settle and adjust to the new system he is playing in, especially as it is very different to Newcastle’s, but he cannot take the whole season.For a start, his £125m price tag is enough to show how ‘incredible’ he can be, meaning that he will need to show his quality sooner rather than later.As well as this, he has had a few chances already and shown some flashes of promise, indicating that it could be about to click very soon.All his teammates need to do is keep supplying him with chances, more than they have been since he joined too, and the Swede will do the rest before serious questions are asked.