**We can't help but wonder how many goals Alexander Isak would have this season if he'd got on with his job at Newcastle United rather than being a big baby.**
Alexander Isak went on strike all summer to force through what would eventually become a British record transfer to Liverpool, but the Sweden striker is paying the price for his behaviour now.
Still without a Premier League goal to his name for his new club and being widely blamed for Sweden's poor performances in the World Cup qualifiers, things certainly aren't going according to plan for the 26-year-old.
Indeed, his one goal for Liverpool, which came in the Carabao Cup against Southampton, was a total fluke as the ball just hit him and went in rather than him putting any direction on it.
Arne Slot said on Friday that we can start judging Alexander Isak properly now. Trust us, we are!
Wayne Rooney aims a dig at Alexander Isak's summer antics
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It's not just his lack of goals, though; it's his all-round performances. He's miles off the pace, contributes nothing and even Liverpool fans are branding him lazy.
Wayne Rooney hasn't held back with his criticism on [The Wayne Rooney Show](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m7km99), saying he doesn't deserve to be playing ahead of Hugo Ekitike.
> "I wouldn't play Isak, he hasn't looked ready since coming from Newcastle."He hasn't trained, hasn't had a pre-season. It's so important. 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.
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> "It's so difficult when you don't have a pre-season. He might've done stuff by himself but he's paying the price of it. On performances, he doesn't deserve to be playing ahead of Ekitike."
You reap what you sow
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We've been cautious to get too carried away with the schadenfreude here because we know that it will come back to bite us, but honestly, it's just so delicious.
Watching him flail around on the pitch like someone who's never seen a ball before is so satisfying.
As one user on X said yesterday, _‘Alexander Isak has single-handedly disrupted the progress of two Premier League football clubs this season and let his own country down with his own selfish behaviour'._