Liverpool may pick Alexander Isak ahead of fitter players, admits Slot

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Florian Wirtz will also be absent against Forest having sustained a muscle problem with Germany.Getting Isak up to speed after an underwhelming start to his Liverpool career remains a priority and Slot admits he may have no alternative but to select the club-record ­signing over fitter options such as Hugo Ekitiké.“This team can and will play much better if you give them a little bit more time,” the head coach said. Alex will end up being the player he was at Newcastle if we get him fit.

That will take a little bit of time.”Slot added: “This morning I had a conversation with the performance staff about what is the best way for Alex – not for Liverpool – to get him as fast as we can to 100%. But for him to get there he might need to have minutes where you could argue that another player might be further ahead of him in terms of match fitness.”Bradley is facing at least three weeks out having being injured in Northern Ireland’s win over ­Luxembourg on Monday.

Liverpool play seven games in 22 days from Saturday and are likely to be stretched at right-back throughout that period.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotion“I don’t expect Conor to be part of the next 22 days, maybe at the end of the 22 days if a miracle happens,” Slot said. If we want to keep him available longer it is maybe a risk to play him seven times in 22 days.