Alexander Isak signs for Liverpool FC at AXA Training Centre on September 01, 2025 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)placeholder image
Alexander Isak signs for Liverpool FC at AXA Training Centre on September 01, 2025 in Kirkby, England. (Photo by Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) | Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Alexander Isak joined Liverpool from Newcastle United for British record fee of £125 million on summer transfer deadline day.
Sweden boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has given an update on the fitness of Liverpool record signing Alexander Isak.
The striker finally completed a move to Anfield on summer transfer deadline day. The Reds paid Newcastle United a British record fee of £125 million to prise Isak to Merseyside.
But he moves to the Premier League champions having had a disrupted off-season. Isak told Newcastle he wanted to leave the club, which resulted in him missing the majority of pre-season and did not feature in their opening three matches of the 2025-26 campaign.
He has linked up with Sweden’s squad during the international break and recommences full training but was left on the bench for their 2-2 draw with Slovenia last week. The Scandinavian country face Kosovo in a 2026 World Cup qualifier tonight and Kopites will be intrigued as to whether Isak features.
Tomasson has suggested that Isak is still not ready to start - but there is a good chance that he could come off the bench if Sweden are in need of a ‘game-changer’. Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Tomasson said: “The last game, I kept him on the bench for 90 minutes long. A bit for the result. If we were 1-1 then he would definitely have played minutes but we were leading.
“We shouldn't forgot that Alex had only had three training [sessions] but now has had five training [sessions]. He hasn't had a long pre-season so we are thinking about about the short term and also the long term. But he can definitely be a game-change.”
Liverpool are back in action when they travel to Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday. Supporters will be hoping that they get a first glimpse of Isak at Turf Moor. But the former Real Sociedad centre-forward has cast some doubt on whether he will be able to feature because of his fitness.
Speaking to the club website, Isak said: “Yeah, of course, I think that’s the ambition. However, I’ve had a tricky summer where I haven’t played any games and I’ve had restricted training, so I think that’s one to judge and to analyse where I am at and how much I am ready to give. But I certainly want to play as soon as possible.”
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