Isak injured himself as he fired Liverpool into the lead away to Tottenham on Saturday night. Then he had only been on the pitch for twelve minutes after coming on directly in the second half.
Isak was tackled hard by Tottenham’s defender Micky van de Ven and had his left leg pinched.
Among other things, Sky Sports has reported that the Swedish star striker is seriously injured. Late on Monday evening it was confirmed by Isak’s club Liverpool.
The 26-year-old Swede has undergone surgery for an ankle injury and a fractured calf bone – and Liverpool has no forecast for how long the blue-yellow football star will be out of action.
The news is the worst imaginable for Alexander Isak – but also for the Swedish national team, which in just over three months will play the WC playoff against Ukraine in Valencia.
Isak was a great success in Newcastle last season. He netted goals in the Premier League and set up the club’s League Cup victory – Newcastle’s first title in 70 years.
It made Liverpool pay almost SEK 1.7 billion for Alexander Isak ahead of this season. But after a troubled summer, where Isak refused to train with Newcastle, he has had difficulty finding form during the autumn.
The goal against Tottenham was only the second in the Premier League for Isak, and the third goal overall in the Liverpool shirt.
Even in the national team, Alexander Isak had a poor autumn and his weak form contributed to Sweden’s fiasco in the World Cup qualifiers. After all, he was recently awarded the Guldbollen, the prize for the year’s best Swedish soccer player on the men’s side.
Liverpool writes that Alexander Isak’s rehabilitation now continues at the club’s training facility.
