Alexander Isak has undergone surgical procedure to restore a fracture to his left leg and can doubtlessly be out till subsequent spring.
Liverpool had been bracing themselves for unhealthy information following an MRI scan on Sunday to find out the extent of the damage Isak sustained in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Tottenham.
Although it was swiftly dominated out that Isak had suffered anterior cruciate ligament injury – an damage that will have ended his marketing campaign – they had been conscious the prognosis wasn’t going to be good.
Scans confirmed a decrease leg fracture and he underwent a profitable operation on Monday to place the bone again into place.
Liverpool aren’t placing any strain on Isak to get again to health and there’s no timescale, aside from it’s anticipated to be a number of months.
The minimal size for a leg fracture is often 12 weeks and, working to that timeline, it could take Isak in the direction of the worldwide break subsequent March.
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgical procedure to restore a fracture to his left leg
Scans confirmed a decrease leg fracture and he underwent a profitable operation on Monday
There isn’t a escaping that this is a gigantic blow for the 26-year-old, who joined Liverpool on switch deadline day in September for a British file £125million.
He was injured following a heavy problem from Tottenham defender Mickey Van de Ven after scoring simply his second Premier League aim for Liverpool. In whole, he has three targets in 16 appearances in all competitions.
Requested concerning the damage on Saturday, Liverpool head coach Arne Slot stated: ‘We’ll have to attend and see. But when a participant scores after which will get injured and does not attempt to come again on the pitch, that is often not a superb factor.’
That is the most recent – and most severe – setback Isak has endured since swapping Tyneside for Merseyside. He arrived missing match health and struggled to make an affect in his first six weeks, earlier than struggling a groin challenge towards Eintracht Frankfurt.
He returned to attain his first Premier League aim in victory at West Ham final month however his strike towards Tottenham was the primary time Isak had genuinely proven the standard of why Liverpool wished to interrupt the British switch file.
The setback comes at a time when Liverpool are already with out Mohamed Salah, who’s on the Africa Cup of Nations, and it leaves them with simply Hugo Ekitike as their solely match central striker.
