Alexander Isak ready to debut for Liverpool in the Champions League
Swedish striker Alexander Isak is set for his debut with Liverpool in the crucial Champions League match against Atletico Madrid at Anfield. This was confirmed by coach Arne Slot by including him in the starting eleven. Isak, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle United on the last day of the transfer market for a record fee of 125 million pounds sterling (171 million dollars), was not called up for Sunday’s match where his new team defeated Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor. Liverpool manager Arne Slot had already hinted at the possibility of the 25-year-old player’s debut in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
The coach added: “It’s already a Champions League match that we look forward to, but if people expect to see his playing time, that could mean it could happen tomorrow as well.” “The only sure thing is that he won’t play the full 90 minutes, and the rest they’ll see tomorrow.”“There is definitely a possibility [that he will play], because he is in the squad,” Slot said. “So, there is a chance he will play. Normally I would say I am 99.9 percent sure, but I can say that it is 100 percent sure that he will not play 90 minutes. But he is part of the team.”
Arne Slot
