Alexander Isak breaks silence on Liverpool form - 'I don't really have the answer'

Alexander Isak has had a tough start

Alexander Isak has vowed to "fight" his way back to the form that made him a £125m Liverpool striker at the start of September.

And the most expensive footballer in British history denies he is currently enduring the toughest spell of his career.

Isak moved to Merseyside after a summer-long saga that saw him stay off Newcastle United's pre-season tour of the Far East before he trained alone using the facilities of his former club, Real Sociedad, without the permission of manager Eddie Howe.

The No.9 played no part in Newcastle's pre-season programme as a result of the acrimonious departure from the North East.

That meant he wasn't up to 100% when he completed his mega-money move to Anfield ontransfer deadline day.

The 26-year-old, who also suffered a groin injury in October that sidelined him for a month, has only scored one Premier Leaguegoal for Liverpool, in the 2-0 win at West Ham United in late November, and so far he looks way off the player he was at Newcastle, where he scored 23 times last season.

Isak was awarded the 2025 Guldbollen in Sweden as a result of his form for club and country across the calendar year and in an interview with Sportbladet in his homeland, he has promised to battle back to the level that saw him feared as one of the most deadly strikers in Premier League before his summer switch.

Isak

"[Liverpool's interest] was the most interesting thing for me,"

"I felt quite early on that this was where I wanted to go. An overall picture. The club's history, where the club is today and the next step it will take.

"I don't really have the answer to that (why it's been slow). The team - of course it has been slow, but that's how it is in football. There are always teams that fly, and then it goes slower for others. It is important to turn it around.

"And for my part too, it's not the first time in my career that I've gone through a period like this, or I'm in bad shape.

“That's how a football career works, it's just something you have to fight your way out of."

Isak added: "I don't know [what period has been toughest so far]. I wouldn't pick any one, it's all experience. Good, bad

"And I've had tougher periods in every team I've been in, except for the loan in Holland (Willem II). In Dortmund, in Spain, in Newcastle and here.

"I'm not too focused on just that, on where it's been the toughest. I see it as experiences that hopefully make me come out on the other side as a better person and player.

"We football players live in a different world than on the outside. We don't reflect so much, we don't judge so much.

"I don't judge so much during the season, that also applies when everything is flowing. It's about evaluating after the season, there's no need to think so much in the meantime.

"I want to be able to look back on my football career and be proud of what I have achieved. Not only on the pitch, but experiences from the countries I have played in."

Isak could start when Liverpool are hosted by Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday evening. The Reds will be aiming to make it six games unbeaten across all competitions.

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