Alexander Isak has taken part in his first training session with Liverpool since sealing a British record £125million move to Merseyside last week.
Having been included in Sweden’s squad for their World Cup Qualifiers against Slovenia and Kosovo, the 25-year-old linked up with his new team-mates on Wednesday.
And Isak appeared in great spirits at Liverpool’s Melwood training ground this morning as he was pictured beaming with a huge grin in the club’s new Adidas gear.
It remains to be seen whether Arne Slot‘s new No 9, who netted an impressive 23 Premier League goals last term, will be fit enough to start at Turf Moor against Burnley on Sunday after missing out on a pre-season.
He was nevertheless deemed in good enough condition to feature off the bench for his national side as they suffered a humiliating 2-0 loss against 10-man Kosovo on Monday.
With Sweden already two goals down, Isak was introduced with 20 minutes to go in a desperate bid to get his side back in the game.
The former Real Sociedad man was however unable to help Sweden pull off a comeback as he, Viktor Gyokeres and co suffered a loss which now leaves them in danger of missing out on next summer’s World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada.
Having failed to win either of their opening two qualifiers, Sweden sit five points adrift of group leaders Switzerland and two points behind Kosovo in their qualifying group in a predicament which left tensions amongst some Swedish supporters boiling over on Monday.
A number of the players were subjected to vile death threats on social media post-match, which the Swedish FA say ‘crossed the line’. A number of comments have been reported to the police.
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