Gary Lineker responds to Wayne Rooney's Alexander Isak theory as Liverpool stunned

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Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, he said: "I wouldn't play Isak, he hasn't looked ready since coming from Newcastle.READ MORE: Jurgen Klopp hints at shock Liverpool return in bombshell interview: 'It's possible'READ MORE: Ruben Amorim's four strict Man Utd rules as dressing room must abide by new 'ban'"He hasn't trained, hasn't had a pre-season. While Newcastle were training he was probably sat at home on the phone to his agent for six hours a day trying to get a move.""It's so difficult when you don't have a pre-season.

On performances, he doesn't deserve to be playing ahead of Ekitike."However, Lineker disagrees with Rooney and believes that Liverpool should give Isak more time, given his disrupted pre-season."I would say that because of the length of time all of that debacle took place, he wouldn't be as fit and as fresh so he's playing catch-up," Lineker argued on the The Rest Is Football."When you miss pre-season, it's almost like an injured player coming back. So I would actually give him a little bit more time because he's only played a handful of games."It's almost like he's going through pre-season during a real season.

So I would give him a little bit of time on that front, and I think he'll come good because he's such a classy player."Fellow pundit Micah Richards took a harsher view of the striker, drawing comparisons between his current displays and those during his spell at Newcastle."Isak is the shadow of the player this whole debacle of what happened in the summer, it's showing. He's not fit," he said."Arne Slot said in the press conference before that now we're going to see the real Isak because he looks like he's going to be fit now.