Liverpool XI vs Burnley: No Isak - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest | OneFootball

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·14 September 2025

Liverpool XI vs Burnley: No Isak - Starting lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest

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New £125m signing not in Liverpool squad at Turf Moor

The £125milion summer signing has trained with his new team-mates for the first time this week and was expected to go straight into the squad at Turf Moor.

But Arne Slot has said he will not rush Isak into the team and the striker has been left out of the squad as he builds up his fitness, having not had a proper pre-season as he tried to force his move from Newcastle.


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Isak went straight on international duty after his switch to Anfield was completed, joining up with the Sweden squad for their latest pair of 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

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Alexander Isak trained with Liverpool for the first time this week

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He was an unused substitute in the 2-2 draw with Slovenia and only played 18 minutes off the bench in Monday night’s shock 2-0 loss to Kosovo in Pristina, with Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson being careful with his workload following talks with Slot and between the respective team physios.

Though Isak has trained with his new team-mates in recent days, he remains well short of full match fitness and Slot has quickly moved to temper expectations with regards to his involvement in his early weeks at Liverpool, where he will be eased along carefully despite some important fixtures coming up against the likes of Atletico Madrid and Everton.

"Don't expect him every single game 90 minutes on the pitch – that's definitely not going to happen in the upcoming weeks,” said Slot ahead of the Burnley game.

"He missed a proper pre-season, I think he missed three or four months of team sessions, so now we have to build him up gradually with us playing so many games and [having] very little training time.

"So, that's going to be a challenge but we've signed him not only for the upcoming two weeks, we've signed him, I think, for six years so this is what we have to keep in mind and what the fans have to keep in mind if they see that I take him off at a certain moment or I only bring him in for a small amount of minutes. That's all for the long-term fitness of the player."

Liverpool are unchanged from the team that beat Arsenal 1-0 before the international break.

Dominik Szoboszlai continues at right-back, despite Jeremie Frimpong returning to the bench alongside Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley.

Starting Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson, Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Wirtz, Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike

Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Bradley, Chiesa, Robertson, Frimpong, Nyoni, Ngumoha

Time and date: 2pm BST on Sunday September 14, 2025

Venue: Turf Moor, Burnley

How to watch: Sky Sports

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