How will Slot change his tactics at Liverpool to get the best out of Isak?
NIKKI DYER/LFC/ LIVERPOOL FC VIA GETTY IMAGES Alexander Isak’s £125m move to Liverpool has given Arne Slot a glut of attacking options Given how Gakpo and Salah cut infield, the three could form a fluid forward line 3 Sep 2025 - The Guardian Jonathan Wilson On the face of it, it’s not hard to see why Liverpool would want Alexander Isak . He will not turn 26 until later this month and has scored more than 20 Premier League goals in each of the past two seasons, something matched only by Erling Haaland . But he offers more than just goals; he’s a very modern centre-forward . Thirty or 40 years ago, when 4-4-2 was still the dominant formation, strike pairings tended to come in two forms: either targetman and finisher, or creator and finisher. These days, the very best centre-forwards combine traits of all three. This is not entirely new: the days of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush or Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips are long gone and football has been familiar for some time with players of the...