Liverpool \u200dstriker Alexander Isak \u200bhas undergone surgery \u200cafter breaking \u200chis leg, the Premier League \u2060club said \u200con Monday.<\/p>\n
Isak<\/a> suffered \u200bthe injury, \u200dwhich included a fractured \u200dfibula, \u200cas he scored Liverpool<\/a>‘s opening \u2060goal in Saturday’s 2-1 win<\/a>\u00a0over Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, when his foot got caught between Micky van de Ven<\/a>‘s legs as the defender dived to block his shot.<\/p>\n “Alexander Isak today successfully underwent surgery on the injury he sustained on Saturday,” Liverpool said. “After diagnosis, an operation was completed today on an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture. No time frame (is) yet placed on his return.”<\/p>\n Liverpool smashed the British transfer record to sign the 26-year-old Sweden international for 125 million pounds in September after Isak made it clear he wanted to leave Newcastle United<\/a> and was frozen out of the squad.<\/p>\n Isak, who scored 54 Premier League goals in 86 games for Newcastle, made his debut against Atletico Madrid<\/a> in the Champions League after a lack of fitness kept him out of the first league game after his arrival.<\/p>\n He has struggled in a Liverpool side that have failed to replicate last season’s title-winning form and has scored two league goals in 10 appearances.<\/p>\n Isak netted his first goal for the club in a League Cup win over Southampton<\/a> in September and has failed to find the net in his five Champions League appearances.<\/p>\n Liverpool, fifth in the standings and 10 points behind leaders Arsenal<\/a>, were already without Mohamed Salah<\/a>, who is on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt.<\/p>\n