Soccer-Liverpool supervisor Slot requires endurance with new recruit Isak

Isak accomplished a 125 million kilos change from Newcastle United to the Premier League champions on switch deadline day, bringing an finish to a switch saga that had dragged on all through the shut season.

The 25-year-old has performed solely 18 minutes this season, together with his sole look coming off the bench for Sweden of their 2-0 defeat by Kosovo on Monday.

Slot praised Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson for utilizing Isak sparingly and mentioned Liverpool would additionally handle his minutes.

“We will treat Alex the same as they did. Don’t expect him to be every single game 90 minutes on the pitch,” he instructed reporters forward of Sunday’s match.

“That’s positively not going to occur within the upcoming weeks. He missed a correct pre-season, he missed three or 4 months of crew periods.

“We need to construct him up regularly, with us taking part in so many video games, hardly any coaching time, that is going to be a problem.

“But we haven’t signed him for the upcoming two weeks, we’ve signed him for six years, so this is what we have to keep in mind and what the fans have to keep in mind …”

Liverpool had been additionally near signing Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi on deadline day however a deal for the England worldwide fell via.

“We would have liked to have signed him, of course,” mentioned Slot. “If we really feel we will strengthen the crew we by no means hesitate to take action. It’s not like impulsively we do not have choices in that place.

“It’s a pity, not just for us but in addition for the participant, I feel.

“But he’s in a good place, playing for Palace, where he won the Charity Shield and the FA Cup with a very good manager as well. Let’s see what the future brings.”

Liverpool are high of the league desk with 9 factors from three matches. Turf Moor England Burnley Liverpool

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