{"id":361343,"date":"2025-12-22T08:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/361343\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:48:04","slug":"liverpool-fear-isak-has-broken-his-leg-as-romano-tips-january-here-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/361343\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool &#8216;fear&#8217; Isak has broken his leg as Romano tips January &#8216;here we go&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are worried that Alexander Isak has suffered a broken leg after he picked up an injury in their 2-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs were reduced to ten men early on with Xavi Simons seeing red after he raked his boot down the back of Virgil van Dijk\u2019s calf.<\/p>\n<p>Isak and Hugo Ekitike gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> a 2-0 lead with two second-half goals before Richarlison got one back for Tottenham on 83 minutes in a tense finale to the match.<\/p>\n<p>There was still time for Cristian Romero to be sent off too as Spurs lost a second player to suspension after the Argentina international kicked out at Ibrahima Konate while on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The main worry for Liverpool fans after the match was the fitness of Isak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-injury-expert-reveals-alexander-isak-timeframe-tottenham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with one injury expert suspecting that the Sweden international would be out for eight to ten weeks with a high ankle strain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has since been revealed that the \u201cfear\u201d at Liverpool is that the injury could be much more serious with a potential broken leg now mooted.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/spurs-implode-liverpool-threaten-catastrophe-frank-slot-sack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs implode but Liverpool threaten catastrophe to leave everyone depressed and happy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reckons the news could mean that Liverpool now definitely enter the transfer market for a new attacker with Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo at the top of their list.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sjrmp_aMkqQ\" target=\"_blank\">Romano said on his YouTube channel<\/a>: \u201cLiverpool are facing worrying news after fresh information emerged on\u00a0Alexander Isak\u00a0following the injury suffered against Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feeling inside Liverpool, as reported by\u00a0The Athletic, is that the Swedish striker may have suffered a serious injury, with fears that he could have broken his leg. Official confirmation is still pending, but people close to the player share the same concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf confirmed, Isak could be out for several months, representing another major injury blow for Liverpool. This situation will inevitably influence Liverpool\u2019s thinking ahead of the January transfer window, particularly in attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy understanding is that Liverpool have already made exploratory calls in recent weeks to assess potential market opportunities. As I mentioned back in November,\u00a0Antoine Semenyo\u00a0was one of the names discussed, and in December Liverpool also began checking on other possible options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInjuries and recovery timelines will be crucial in shaping Liverpool\u2019s strategy, but there is a real possibility we could see a Liverpool \u2018here we go\u2019 in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-salah-agreement-revealed-decided-new-exit-plan-fsg-a-list-signing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool: Salah \u2018agreement\u2019 revealed in decided \u2018new exit plan\u2019 as FSG \u2018line up A-list signing\u2019<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-offer-tottenham-bergvall-change-spurs-transfer-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool \u2018offer\u2019 \u00a353m for Tottenham star \u2018that could change Spurs transfer plans\u2019<\/a><br \/>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-semenyo-favours-anfield-move-personal-terms-agreed-stalling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League star \u2018favours\u2019 Liverpool move with \u2018personal terms agreed\u2019 but the Reds are stalling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-alexander-isak-injury-update-tottenham-slot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Slot\u2019s \u201cgut feeling\u201d after the game<\/a> seems to have been proved right with the Liverpool head coach claiming it\u2019s rarely a good sign when an injured player doesn\u2019t even attempt to come back on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he had an update on Isak after the match, Slot said: \u201cI don\u2019t have any news on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if a player scores and then gets injured and doesn\u2019t come back on the pitch, and also doesn\u2019t try to come back, which\u00a0Conor Bradley\u00a0for example did but I had to take him out as well because he couldn\u2019t go on, but if a player doesn\u2019t try to come back that\u2019s usually not a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I cannot say anything more than that, that is just gut feeling, nothing medical.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are worried that Alexander Isak has suffered a broken leg after he picked up an injury in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[15865,49,48,15146,1613,1417,44,574,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-361343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-fabrizio-romano","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-soccer","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}