Alexander Isak suffered an ankle injury and a fractured fibula during Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham and Micky van de Ven has reached out to the Sweden striker since then.
Tottenham Hotspur defender Micky van de Ven has disclosed a text conversation between himself and Liverpool’s Alexander Isak after the latter’s crushing injury blow. The club’s record signing is anticipated to remain out of action for several months at a minimum.
The ankle problem occurred when Isak was caught by van de Ven while netting the Reds’ opener in a 2-1 win over Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. He has subsequently gone under the knife to fix the problem, which also involved a broken fibula.
The setback represents another hurdle for Isak, who has struggled to cement his place at the club following his £125million switch from Newcastle this summer. Van De Ven has now detailed the message he sent to Isak after the high-octane Premier League encounter.
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Chatting to Sky Sports, the Spurs centre-back revealed: “Yeah, I’ve text him. Of course.
“I’ve sent him a text because I didn’t want to injure him, I didn’t want to do something to hurt him. I just tried to block the shot and I think it was a bit unlucky how his foot landed between my legs.
“So I sent him a text afterwards. I want to wish him all the best in his recovery.
“That’s what I said to him. And I hope we can see him back on the pitch very soon again.”
When pressed about whether Isak responded, he continued: “Yeah, he really appreciated the message. He texted back.”
While van de Ven chose not to reveal the exact details of Isak’s response, it’s reasonable to presume the Liverpool star welcomed the gesture and accepted the apology. His complete attention will now turn to regaining full fitness at the earliest opportunity.
Speaking about Isak’s return, head coach Arne Slot expressed his confidence the striker will feature, again, before the current campaign concludes.
“Yeah, [he’ll play again this season]. I’m confident.
“It’s been a really challenging and difficult period for him, I think. Maybe no-one understands, but if you haven’t trained for three or four months on a serious level with the team and you’re playing in this league… in this league you need to be on the top of your game to impact the games.
“That took, which we all knew, months before we could bring him there. Because there was no pre-season, there were games, games, games.
“We had hardly any time to train, so we always knew that it would take him time – and that’s why he’s so unlucky that he’s now injured because I think we all saw with a goal against West Ham, and with this goal [vs Tottenham], that he got closer and closer to the player he was at Newcastle.”
