Arne Slot explains Alexander Isak plan with Liverpool 'transition' to continue this summer

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesAlexander IsakLiverpool is losing Mohamed Salah this summer, with Arne Slot yet to see the best of Swedish forward Alexander Isak since his big-money move from Newcastle last yearAlexander Isak during a Liverpool training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Arne Slot says Liverpool will need to get more out of its $169 million (£125 million) striker Alexander Isak next season in order to cope with the loss of Mohamed Salah, who is leaving after nine years.The deal that saw Isak arrive at Liverpool from Newcastle on September 1 was a British record fee, but a lack of match sharpness and then a broken leg have meant that the Swede is yet to get going in a Reds jersey.Remarkably, it was only last weekend that he scored his first Premier League goal at Anfield, netting the opener in a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace that edged Liverpool closer to confirming a Champions League spot.READ MORE: 4 things spotted in Liverpool training before Man Utd after Alisson update and injury boostREAD MORE: Jurgen Klopp won't join Real Madrid - but there is one job that could see him return to coaching"[Getting the most from Isak] is definitely part of thinking about the [Salah] replacement," Slot said. "Because since I have been here — and it is the same at a lot of clubs — it is mainly a left footer on the right and a right footer on the left."I have seen Alex scoring also a lot from crosses which were played from the right, right footed — Trent Alexander-Arnold crosses, if you want to call them like that."So that is definitely part of how we are looking at things, but we try to sign the best possible available player who we can afford.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot during a training session.(Image: Nikki Dyer - Liverpool FC via Getty Images)"Something else which also happens at certain clubs is: ‘OK, that is the best player in the world in that position, let’s try and get him.’"That is not how we work.

We try and sign the best possible player who is available for us."Salah is not the only player who will leave Liverpool this summer. "And by that I mean this cycle, the players that won the Champions League and Premier League with Jurgen [Klopp].Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

So, yeah, again this summer, as a minimum of two will leave, so you can say you are at the end of a transition, there's still a transition to be done."We know Hugo [Ekitike] will be out for a long, long time. We haven't used Alex [Isak] this season hardly, so there is a lot to win and improve with this group of players we have now and next season."We all know the longer a team plays together, the better they get.