Prospect of extra time complicates Isak call - Slot

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However, Slot said he had been impressed by Isak’s recovery. "If I look at him now compared to where he was before he got injured I see a player that is much stronger, physically in a much better place…" he said.

"I think I’ve said many times that next season when he’s had a pre-season, we can expect more from him than now but even the way he is now is already a big step forward for us compared to what he had when he arrived." Mohamed Salah also returned to training this week and could make his first appearance since he announced he will leave Liverpool this summer, ending a nine-year spell that has brought two Premier League titles, the Champions League, Club World Cup, Super Cup and two League Cups. Asked if the knowledge of his impending departure will inspire Liverpool to add to Salah’s medal collection before he goes, Slot said: "For the club, maybe, but for Mo it doesn’t matter if he’s going to leave the club or if he’s going to stay.

"That’s what he’s shown in all these eight or nine years, that he was always available in his best possible shape, and that doesn’t change in a positive way now he’s leaving. "I would hope he could give even more but that’s not realistic because he always gave everything he had and he will try doing that until the end of the season." More stories on Read Next