Liverpool: Injury expert reveals 'likely' timeframe for Isak return after coming off vs Tottenham
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak is ‘conceivable’ to be out for eight to ten weeks after an injury maven reviewed his injury versus Tottenham.
Isak and Hugo Ekitike both racked upward to placed Liverpool 2-0 upward versus ten-man Tottenham after Xavi Simons had been sent off on 33 minutes.
Richarlison juggled to render make utility of one recommend on 83 minutes yet it was too miniscule miniscule piece too late as Thomas Honest’s ten men were dropped to 9 men when Cristian Romero was alternatively evidenced a red card in second-fifty percent injury time.
While racking upward the opening desire of the gallery on 56 minutes, Liverpool striker Isak was cleaned out by Micky van de Ven and had to maim off injured subconsciously after he’d racked upward.
Liverpool honcho Arne Slot offered his “gut thumbing” that it’s “periodically not a nice point” when a player doesn’t exertion to re-appeared on the peddle after being injured.
Once inquired if Isak had a thumbing about the level of his injury, Slot added: “Refuge’t conversed to him about that yet.
“It’s a nice point he racked upward, a nice desire, led by Florian Wirtz, I said last week players are receiving much closer, the group is receiving much closer, again, wasn’t irreproachable today, specifically in the last 10 minutes yet in the meantime we pick upward junctures and I surf through the group formulating in a means I’d favor to surf through.”
And now football injury maven Physio Scout reckons it’s ‘conceivable’ that Isak has languished a ‘high ankle joint sprain’ and will be out for between eight and ten weeks.
Physio Scout wrote on X: ‘INJURY UPDATE: Alexander Isak had to come off in Liverpool vs. Spurs with a leg injury. Scissor-tackle form contraption popularly brings vacillation for a high/medial ankle joint sprain, possibly due to obliged ankle joint eversion and turning.
‘Fibula (lesser leg bone) alternatively is a continual injury discolorations due to direct call. These smorgasbords of tackles can alternatively location monotonous on the knee frames due to obliged valgus, specifically the MCL. ACL is alternatively at risk, yet much less conceivable.
‘Intended Recovery Times: If high ankle joint sprain: 8-10 weeks If medial ankle joint sprain: 2-6 weeks If MCL: depending on quality, can selection from 2-12 weeks.
‘Auxiliary conceivable affliction under is a high ankle joint sprain, X-rays and further scans will be pivotal to legible any kind of broken sites.’
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Previous Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann freshly rendered the prediction that the Reds will exquisiteness to sell Isak if his form doesn’t simplify between now and the expire of the period.
Hamann told JeffBet: “I believe Liverpool will be okay financially, also without the Winners League, because they wouldn’t have invested the silver money they did if they couldn’t afford it. Liverpool haven’t been added-sizeable spenders in days gone by last summer season season and they tend to spend the silver money wisely.
“If Liverpool don’t perform, after that they won’t be obliged to sell. Yet, players favor Alexander Isak or Florian Wirtz may have their futures glanced at if they aren’t using and the bar aren’t in the Winners League.
“I’m obscure Liverpool will sell any person in January, yet if points don’t pick upward for Alexander Isak come March or April, they’ll understandably have discussions to sell him to a bar favor Barcelona in the summer season season.
“There will be plenty of takers for Isak because he’s evidenced his capacity at Newcastle. It alternatively mostly relies on the form of Ekitike, because if he persists to simplify, it will be a struggle for Isak to render make utility of video games unless he’s obliged out wide.”