{"id":572037,"date":"2025-11-15T12:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/572037\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T12:56:16","slug":"liverpool-fans-given-even-more-reason-to-worry-over-alexander-isak-after-graham-potter-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/572037\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans given even more reason to worry over Alexander Isak after Graham Potter comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alexander Isak has been one of the major disappointments of Liverpool\u2019s season after his record-breaking move in September.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Swede pushed to join the Reds right up until the last day of the transfer window, severing all ties with Newcastle in slightly ugly fashion.<\/p>\n

Having spent a full pre-season alone, supporters knew it would take Isak<\/a> a little while to get up to speed at Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A groin injury suffered in October made life even more difficult for the striker, but a call-up to the Sweden national team for November\u2019s fixtures suggested he is ready to make an impact.<\/p>\n

New Sweden boss Graham Potter claimed Isak is fit<\/a> ahead of his team\u2019s crucial matches against Switzerland and Slovenia, leading to hope that the No. 9\u2019s fitness troubles are behind him.<\/p>\n

However, after Potter spoke to the press once again on Friday, Liverpool fans may be concerned once again.<\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesAlexander Isak not ready to play 180 minutes<\/p>\n

Until Liverpool can get Isak on the pitch more often than not, they will continue to look a little makeshift in their approach.<\/p>\n

Arne Slot is clearly planning to use his record signing as part of his regular starting XI, but has so far been unable to do that on a consistent basis.<\/p>\n

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And according to Potter, he will not be able to do that either during this month\u2019s international fixtures. Speaking via Fotboll Skanlen<\/a> on Friday, the former West Ham manager claimed that Isak is not even ready to start Saturday\u2019s clash with the Swiss.<\/p>\n

When will Alexander Isak hit form for Liverpool? <\/p>\n

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\u201cEvery Liverpool player and fan knows that when Alexander Isak hits form, or whenever it clicks, he\u2019s going to be a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s not ready to play two 90-minute games in four days, so we have to be smart and use him well,\u201d Potter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not ready to start tomorrow. \u201cI don\u2019t want to talk too much about details or the starting eleven, but I think the best thing for Alex is to help us tomorrow from the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isak could be ready to play more football once he returns to Liverpool in a week\u2019s time, but it feels more likely that the Reds will have to continue managing his minutes for at least a little while longer.<\/p>\n

Isak struggles set to continue into festive period<\/p>\n

Although there is little question that Isak\u2019s short time at Liverpool so far has been disappointing, that does not mean that he can\u2019t still come good.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Slot \u2013 and Isak himself \u2013 will no doubt be frustrated at this latest turn of events, which could stop Liverpool truly hitting their straps over Christmas.<\/p>\n

With so many festive fixtures on the calendar, Liverpool need their best players available and ready to play every few days.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it does not look as though Isak can be counted upon in that respect. <\/p>\n

There was always a danger that the Swede\u2019s fragile injury record might come back to haunt Liverpool after they paid such a huge sum for him. But they\u2019ll just have to console themselves in that Potter is doing the right thing for Isak in the long-term. Hopefully it comes to pay off. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak has been one of the major disappointments of Liverpool\u2019s season after his record-breaking move in September.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,748,393,782,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-572037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-graham-potter","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115553828111016482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}