It has been a case of one in one out for Arne Slot in the last 24 hours, with Jeremie Frimpong suffering injury but Alexander Isak returning to full training.
Alexander Isak return confirmed by Arne Slot
It has been a long road to recovery for Isak, who fractured his fibula while scoring against Tottenham in December.
Thankfully, he is almost ready to return, with Slot confirming that he will rejoin full team training on Thursday.
“He’s going to train with the group again for the first time tomorrow,” Slot told Liverpoolfc.com on Wednesday.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Tuesday, March 17, 2026: Liverpool's Alexander Isak during a training session at the AXA Training Centre ahead of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2nd Leg match between Liverpool FC and Galatasaray A.?. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)
“If you’ve worked so hard for three, four months or something like that and then to return to team training, that’s for everyone very nice. So Alex is, in that sense, in a good place.
“Of course it’s only his first session, after three or four months [out], with the team but it’s good to have him back because we all know who we signed and we’ve signed an incredible striker.”
Don’t expect Isak to come back firing instantly – we have seen that he can take time to regain fitness – but having an extra striker on hand will be very useful in the busy upcoming weeks.
LFC News: Frimpong injury, Slot’s message to Salah & Chelsea fixture change
2WW9XJ1 Amsterdam, Netherlands. 22nd Mar, 2024. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 22: Jeremie Frimpong of Netherlands applauds for the fans during the International Friendly match between Netherlands and Scotland at the Johan Cruijff ArenA on March 22, 2024 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency) Credit: BSR Agency/Alamy Live News
• Slot has told in-house media Frimpong’s injury withdrawal for the Netherlands was “precautionary,” according to his national team doctor
• Slot has been speaking about Mo Salah, saying: “Mo definitely deserves that the fans give him a great farewell” – we’ll make sure of that!
• Liverpool’s home match against Chelsea has been changed to 12.30pm on Saturday, May 9 but could change to the Sunday if the Reds make the Champions League semi-finals – it will be on TNT Sports
• Liverpool have been revealed to have paid £33 million in agent fees over the last year, the fourth most in the league – Chelsea have spent most with £65m!
More from This Is Anfield
We went along to Anfield for a chat with Fowler to gain his perspective on some of the topics causing debate in Liverpool supporters’ world at the moment.
Football News: Chelsea’s record loss, DR Congo qualify & Lamine Yamal responds to racist chants
• Chelsea have announced the biggest pre-tax loss ever in English football, clocking a deficit of £262m for 2024/25 (BBC Sport) – no wonder their fans don’t like the owners
• Lamine Yamal has condemned the widespread Islamophobic chanting in the stands at Spain’s match vs. Egypt, which was held at Espanyol’s ground in Catalunya, as “disrespectful and intolerable”
• Axel Tuanzebe scored the goal to beat Jamaica and DR Congo to the World Cup for the first time since 1974, when they were known as Zaire
• Scotland fell to 1-0 friendly defeat against Cote d’Ivoire at Everton‘s Hill Dickinson Stadium. Andy Robertson played at left wing-back and was booed by some Blues who had come out to watch – no surprise there
Liverpool FC: On this day
PA NEWS PHOTO 14/3/1981 A LIBRARY FILE PICTURE OF KENNY DALGLISH IN ACTION DURING THE LEAGUE CUP FINAL AGAINST WEST HAM UNITED AT WEMBLEY IN LONDON. 1980s
By Joanna Durkan
Liverpool won their first-ever League Cup in 1981, beating West Ham 2-1 at Villa Park – they have since won a record 10.
It was, in fact, the second time the game had been played as it ended in a 1-1 draw at Wembley a few weeks earlier. Can you imagine having to restage a final these days? No chance.
West Ham had scored first, but Kenny Dalglish equalised with a sumptuous volley, with Alan Hansen the unlikely match-winner with a kind deflection.
As LFC History notes, this was actually the first time that the winners received medals, rather than tankards!