Alexander Isak left at rest, Hugo Ekitiké has the opportunity to continue his mission at the center of the Liverpool attack.
Transferred this summer from Newcastle to Liverpool for around 150 million euros, Alexander Isak becomes the new center forward in the Champions of England. His life in red has not yet really started. The Swedish international of almost 26 years old (he will celebrate them on September 21) is currently put under a bell.
“Do not expect it to spend 90 minutes on the field in each match,” Arne Slot said on Friday at a press conference about his new star striker.
This will certainly not happen in the coming weeks. He missed a real pre-season, three or four months of team sessions, so now nWe must gradually back up it.
Alexander Isak, who played about twenty minutes of play on September 8 during the international break (defeat of Sweden, 2-0, in Kosovo), should therefore allow Hugo Ekitike, 23, to try to continue his start to the season.
Promising beginnings
The Frenchman, also recruited this summer by Liverpool for the large sum of 95 million euros, scored three goals with the famous red tunic in four games, including three of the Premier League. The bis center-forward, one might say, had started with a fanfare in its new colors during the Community Shield, on August 10 against Crystal Palace.
Hugo Ekitike landed on the Mersey from Frankfurt (Bundesliga). Revealed at the Reims stadium (2021-2022), he then left for PSG, without succeeding in winning.
