Liverpool told they made transfer mistake when signing Alexander Isak

Liverpool told they made transfer mistake when signing Alexander Isak Exclusive: Former Liverpool Star Questions Club’s Transfer Decisions The international break is finally coming to a close. For Liverpool, a huge task waits for them as they host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday. However, Andoni Iraola has been handed a few injury concerns over the past couple of weeks. Liverpool’s two in-form attackers in Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo have picked up knocks when representing their nations. Summer signing Jeremy Jacquet is also a doubt for the weekend after missing France’s last game with a muscle issue. It leaves Iraola with some big decisions to make ahead of Sunday’s game. However, former Liverpool star Dean Saunders, speaking to Anfield Index, has claimed that the club cannot be surprised by this issue… Saunders Questions Isak Fitness “There is a lot of talk now about players playing too many games. The top five or six teams in every league know they’re likely to go deep in most of their tournaments and that a lot of their players will also be playing for their national teams,” said Saunders. “If you add league games, cup games, European games and international football together, their players end up playing 60-65 games in a season. Unless you can do that, you can’t play for Liverpool.” “If you have a history of playing 30-35 games a season and being out injured for the rest of them, they won’t sign you. The stakes are too high and otherwise it means you basically need two full teams in your squad,” Saunders continued. “When Liverpool signed Alexander Isak, there was already question marks surrounding how many injuries he picks up. I’m sure that Liverpool used to look at a player’s injury record before signing them and crossed them off the list if they couldn’t play enough games in a season.” Photo: IMAGO “If you sign a striker for over £100m but he can only play 30-35 games a season, what do you do for the other 30 games? You need someone as good as him, and that will cost you another chunk of money. Otherwise, you’re playing with a striker for half of the season who isn’t quite up to the level.” “Look at someone like Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Everyone has always known that he is a good player, but he rarely completes a full season. When he was at Everton, the big six knew that if they signed him, they’d need another striker who’s just as good as him to fill in for him when he’s injured.” Saunders continued to look ahead to Sunday’s game and labelled the absence of Isak and Gakpo as a ‘concern’. “Isak and Gakpo’s injuries are definitely a concern. Isak had such a good start to the season and everyone thought he had put his injury problems behind him, but now he’s picked up another one.” “Gakpo has also started the season well after all of the rumours about him leaving for Manchester City. The winner Isak scored against Bournemouth was mostly down to Gakpo driving down the right side and showing great determination.” “Looking at the squad without those two, they have Rio Ngumoha who looks a really good prospect, Bradley Barcola who is like a stick of dynamite that just needs lighting, and Victor Munoz who has looked good so far.” “The thing about those players is that none of them are ever going to replace Mo Salah and his goals.”