will return to group coaching on Thursday as he closes in on a primary look of 2026.
The £125m striker has been out since breaking a leg whereas scoring at Tottenham in December and has undergone surgical procedure on an ankle damage. He had begun coaching final month, however with out working alongside his teammates.
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Head coach has advised it’s extra possible that Isak makes his comeback in subsequent week’s Champions League quarter-final towards Paris Saint-Germain than Saturday’s journey to Manchester Metropolis.
However he mentioned the previous Newcastle ahead is buoyed by the prospect to play within the World Cup in the summertime after received their play-off towards Poland.
And whereas Isak has solely scored three targets in 16 video games for since his British report switch, Slot, who has bemoaned the variety of probabilities his aspect have missed, thinks they are going to be extra scientific when the striker is out there.
The Dutchman instructed Liverpool’s official web site: “I believe Alex is in a extremely good place as a result of certified for the World Cup and aside from that he will prepare with the group once more for the primary time [on Thursday].
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“For those who’ve labored so laborious for 3, 4 months or one thing like that after which to return to group coaching, that is for everybody very good. So Alex is, in that sense, in a superb place.
Alexander Isak will return to group coaching for Liverpool on Thursday (AFP through Getty Photos)
“In fact it is solely his first session, after three or 4 months [out], with the group however it’s good to have him again as a result of everyone knows who we signed and we have signed an unimaginable striker.
“So to have him once more in a group that is often producing rather a lot probabilities – and perhaps not instantly from the primary second that he can begin – however to have him again for the final two months is, I believe, very useful for us.”
Liverpool count on , who missed their defeat to Brighton earlier than the worldwide break, to be match for the quarter-final with Metropolis on Saturday.