Alexander Isak
26-Year-Old
Liverpool
Premier
OUT
Injury Ankle
Est. Return 4/8/2026
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Isak is coming off his best season as a professional, lighting the league up with a career-high 23 goals, finishing second in the Golden Boot race. He added six assists and had multi-goal contribution games in six different outings. While seemingly dealing with a nagging injury the majority of the second half of the season, he battled through and started 34 matches. His summer has been thrown into disarray as he pushes for a move away from Newcastle. With reports that he is refusing to play for the club again it's hard to see him suiting up on Tyneside during the 2025/26 campaign. If he does get his move to Liverpool he would remain one of the top strikers in the league and an elite option in all competitions.
Should be fit for UCL quarterfinals
Isak (ankle) is expected to be available in April and potentially be an option in Champions League play, with manager Arne Slot commenting Friday that "Alex will be available [for PSG], yes. The question is what you mean around 'being ready'. If you want to have the player who played exactly a year ago against us in the Carabao Cup final - and was too good for us on that day - then I would tell you I have my doubts about that after seven or eight months out. But I expect that I can use him for minutes. Exactly what I get from that I cannot tell you because he hasn't trained with the team even once. He still is not able to train with the team and he hasn't been able to train with the team and usual rehab is before you start to train with the team and then you play games. You don't, after one training session, play 45 minutes or 90 minutes.", Paul Gorst of the Liverpool Echo reports.
ANALYSIS
Isak could be expected to make a gradual return to action after the March international break, as he hasn't played since Dec. 20 and has only trained individually in recent weeks. If his recovery continues to progress as expected, the striker may have some chances to produce in the final stretch of the campaign. Until then, Hugo Ekitike will be the favored option to lead the front line.
Isak could be expected to make a gradual return to action after the March international break, as he hasn't played since Dec. 20 and has only trained individually in recent weeks. If his recovery continues to progress as expected, the striker may have some chances to produce in the final stretch of the campaign. Until then, Hugo Ekitike will be the favored option to lead the front line.
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Back on training pitch
Isak (ankle) is back on the training field but is not yet an option, according to manager Arne Slot. "Alex is, like I said, not available for tomorrow, but the fact that you see him on the pitch tells you that he gets closer and closer to joining us again."
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Not yet in team training
Isak (ankle) is working through rehabilitation but is not yet training with his teammates, according to manager Arne Slot, per Fabrizio Romano.
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Trains with running shoes
Isak (ankle) is training with running shoes for the first time this week and could make his return around early April if everything goes as planned in his recovery, coach Arne Slot said in the press conference. "Alex, I think he has been on the pitch now, not with his football shoes but with his running shoes, for the first time this week, so that will still take a while as well before he is ready to play for us again... let's not put a timescale on it, but it's clear that he will be available, if things go as planned, this season."
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Working with ball indoors
Isak (ankle) was back training with a ball indoors Friday, according to his club.
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Not training on pitch yet
Isak (ankle) will remain out for a while due to injury since he is still not training on the pitch, coach Arne Slot said in the press conference. "No, he's not even on the pitch yet. I think it's called a walker, he's just out of his walker, so that tells you that he's not on the pitch and not expecting him on the pitch today or tomorrow in terms of his recovery work. That's going to take a while before he's back, as we knew."
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Reds to launch final bid?
Liverpool are expected to launch a final bid for Isak, according to The Telegraph.
ANALYSIS
Liverpool only have a few days to get a deal done for Isak, and they're set to launch what would be a new British transfer record to secure the services of the Swede. Liverpool are expected to make an improved £130 million offer for the 25-year-old, but the add-ons and bonuses on the deal would make this transfer the most expensive one in Premier League history. It's unclear if Newcastle would be open to accept such offer, though.
Liverpool only have a few days to get a deal done for Isak, and they're set to launch what would be a new British transfer record to secure the services of the Swede. Liverpool are expected to make an improved £130 million offer for the 25-year-old, but the add-ons and bonuses on the deal would make this transfer the most expensive one in Premier League history. It's unclear if Newcastle would be open to accept such offer, though.