{"id":900094,"date":"2026-09-18T06:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900094\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T06:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T06:02:10","slug":"alexander-isak-moving-from-newcastle-to-liverpool-was-an-easy-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900094\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak: Moving from Newcastle to Liverpool was an ‘easy decision’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Isak says joining Liverpool<\/a> last summer was an “easy decision”.<\/p>\n

The Sweden striker arrived from Newcastle<\/a> on transfer deadline day in September 2025 for a British record transfer fee of \u00a3125m.<\/p>\n

“[Liverpool<\/a>] is a massive club, and everything about the club made it pretty clear,” he told BBC Sport’s The Football Interview.<\/p>\n

“And the club’s ambition and the club’s will to get me in as well. It was a big part of it.”<\/p>\n

Isak missed pre-season last summer and trained at his former club Real Sociedad amid uncertainty around his Newcastle<\/a> future, saying promises made to him there had been “broken”.<\/a><\/p>\n

However, he struggled for goals in his first season at Anfield before a leg break ruled him out from December to April.<\/p>\n

This season the 26-year-old has already matched last season’s tally of three Premier League goals, after only four games.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was ever a point last season when he regretted the move, Isak replied: “No, never. I would never think like that.”<\/p>\n

He added: “[The leg break] was tough. Anyone who had a long injury would know. But on the other hand, when you’re in a good place and when you feel good, you don’t really tend to look back because it doesn’t really benefit you. <\/p>\n

“So I’m just looking forward and feel really optimistic and excited about the season, and what it can bring to us.”<\/p>\n

Over the summer, Isak made his World Cup bow for Sweden after managing just 1,032 minutes for Liverpool<\/a> over 22 appearances last season. <\/p>\n

He scored once and assisted three goals for Graham Potter’s side before they were knocked out by France in the last 32.<\/p>\n

“Playing for your country in a World Cup is a dream of most people,” said Isak. <\/p>\n

“With the injuries last season, the World Cup was perfect. I had that period where I could play and gain rhythm and form. <\/p>\n

“And, on top of that, it was a massive experience, so that was perfect to do and come back here for pre-season and to start the season.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak says joining Liverpool last summer was an “easy decision”. The Sweden striker arrived from Newcastle on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-900094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900094","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=900094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}