Arne Slot has warned he will have to sacrifice the claims of other forwards for Alexander Isak after admitting his £125million striker is still lacking fitness.
The Sweden international has yet to complete 90 minutes for Liverpool since his acrimonious British record move from Newcastle; he hasn't played for his club since suffering a groin issue during a 5-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on October 22.
Though he had a 28-minute run out for his country against Switzerland last Saturday, Isak is behind his club colleagues in terms of physical capacity, so much so that Slot spoke with Liverpool's strength-and-conditioning department on Friday to see what steps they could take to change the situation.