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Liverpool boss Slot confirms Isak available for PSG clash

ovanews 7 months ago 2 min read

Arne Slot has confirmed that Alexander Isak is fit to play a part for Liverpool at Paris Saint-Germain tonight.

Liverpool make the tough trip to the Champions League holders for the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

The Reds are seeking to bounce back from a humbling FA Cup exit to Manchester City at the weekend, and have lost four of their last seven games across all competitions.

However, Slot’s squad has been boosted by the return of record signing Isak. The Swedish striker has been sidelined since December after undergoing surgery for a fractured fibula and ankle issue.

After a full week of first-team training, Isak has travelled to Paris and is ready to feature at the Parc des Princes.

“[Isak] finished close to a week of team training sessions now, so he can play a part. Otherwise, I wouldn’t take him,” Slot said to the media.

“I decided not to take him to the Etihad because we felt in talks with the player, medical, performance staff that he wasn’t able to get a performance out of him yet.

“And since he’s with us now, we do think that we can get a performance out of him now. But not to start – that [would] be clear.”

In terms of absences, first-choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker remains out. Giorgi Mamardashvili is in line to replace the Brazilian, Elsewhere, Stefan Bajcetic, Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo and Giovanni Leoni are also in the treatment room.

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