Journalist questions Isak and Ekitike after mixed start to season

It’s been the summer time of massive strikers, however one BBC Sport journalist believes Liverpool’s two headline signings are already beneath the microscope.

In response to Michael Emons for BBC Sport, the reigning Premier League champions’ new-look entrance line of Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike has endured a blended starting to the 2025–26 marketing campaign.

The 2 forwards, who value a mixed £194 million, have been rated alongside different main Premier League arrivals in an in depth early-season assessment.

Isak and Ekitike assessed by BBC Sport

Emons wrote that “query marks stay round how he and Isak will match into the champions’ workforce collectively,” whereas describing Ekitike as “an on the spot hit with the followers.”

The Frenchman has scored three targets and offered one help in six league appearances, although his season briefly derailed when he was despatched off for eradicating his shirt throughout a Carabao Cup winner celebration.

Isak, in the meantime, has made a slower begin after his British-record £125m transfer from Newcastle.

The Sweden worldwide has but to register a Premier League purpose, although he did rating within the cup win over Southampton and has one help to his identify.

With restricted pre-season minutes, the 26-year-old has been eased in fastidiously by Arne Slot and the ahead has spoken himself of his personal health.

Participant
Video games
Objectives
Assists
Minutes
Photographs on Goal

Hugo Ekitike
6
3
1
386
4

Alexander Isak
3
0
1
181
0

*Premier League

What Liverpool’s entrance line might appear to be subsequent

As we’ve seen earlier than with new arrivals, persistence usually pays off.

The Reds’ recruitment has centered on long-term stability, and as we’ve additionally seen with Florian Wirtz, this ahead line remains to be discovering its rhythm.

For all of the early comparisons and exterior strain, what issues most is how the brand new signings combine right into a system that already made us Premier League champions final season.

As BBC Sport’s evaluation highlights, Liverpool’s largest check this season is probably not opposition defences however making certain that elite gamers can thrive collectively beneath one imaginative and prescient.

You’ll be able to watch Slot’s put up Chelsea press convention through Empire of the Kop on YouTube:

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