Slot has ‘gut feeling’ Isak injury is ‘not good’
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“The Liverpool striker was injured in a challenge in the process of scoring the opening goal against Tottenham Hotspur and had to be substituted.
“After diagnosis, an operation was completed today on an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture.
“Isak’s rehabilitation will now continue at the AXA Training Centre, with no timeframe yet placed on his return.”
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Cole compares Isak and Ekitike dilemma to Carroll-Suarez dynamic
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Of the two lower leg bones, the fibula is generally smaller than the tibia, located on the outer side.
While the club gave no indication of recovery time, surgery on fibula fractures is thought to lead to months, rather than weeks, before full rehabilitation.
Sweden face Ukraine in their play-off semi-final on March 26, with the final against either Poland or Albania scheduled for March 31.
In the immediate aftermath of Liverpool’s victory over Tottenham, manager Arne Slot said he had a “gut feeling” that Isak’s injury was “not good”.
“I don’t have any news on him but if a player scores, gets injured and doesn’t come back on the pitch or doesn’t try to come back, which Conor Bradley, for example did, but I had to take him off and couldn’t come on,” said Slot.
“But if a player doesn’t try to come back it is usually not a good thing but I cannot say anything more than that. That is just a gut feeling and nothing more than that, nothing medical to say about it.
“I haven’t spoken to him about it yet but it’s a good thing he scored, a good goal assisted by Florian Wirtz. I said players are getting better, the team is getting better. It wasn’t perfect today, especially the last 10 minutes but we pick up points and are developing in a way I want to see.”
Liverpool next play Wolves on December 27.
