Liverpool striker Isak suffers broken leg

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgery after breaking his leg in the Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur.

Liverpool announced this in a statement on Monday.

Isak suffered the injury in scoring Liverpool’s opening goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Tottenham when his foot got caught between Micky van de Ven’s legs as the defender dived to block his shot.

The club stated: “Alexander Isak today successfully underwent surgery on the injury he sustained on Saturday.

“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.”

Liverpool smashed the British transfer record to sign the 26-year-old Sweden international for £125 million ($168 million) in September after Isak made it clear he wanted to leave Newcastle United and was frozen out of the squad.

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Isak, who scored 54 Premier League goals in 86 games for Newcastle, made his debut against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League after a lack of fitness kept him out of the first league game after his arrival.

He has struggled at Liverpool who have failed to replicate last season’s title-winning form and has scored two league goals in 10 appearances.

Isak netted his first goal for the club in a League Cup win over Southampton in September and has failed to find the net in his five Champions League appearances.

Liverpool, fifth in the standings and 10 points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, were already without Mohamed Salah who is on Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) duty with Egypt.

They will now have to rely heavily on striker Hugo Ekitike, another new signing who has scored eight league goals including five in the last three games, and may need to invest in the January transfer window with Salah’s future at the club in doubt.

The Star