How Liverpool can line up with Alexander Isak – Ekitike duo, Wirtz dropped, new Salah role

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With Alexander Isak’s transfer to Liverpool nearing its completion, Mirror Football has a look at how Arne Slot may deploy the Swedish forward in his starting line-up

Arne Slot has finally secured his top target of the transfer window – but how does he fit Alexander Isak into his Liverpool line-up? The 25-year-old striker arrived at Liverpool’s training ground on deadline day morning for a medical test.

How Liverpool can line up with Alexander Isak – Ekitike duo, Wirtz dropped, new Salah role

With Alexander Isak’s transfer to Liverpool nearing its completion, Mirror Football has a look at how Arne Slot may deploy the Swedish forward in his starting lines up

Arne Slot has finally secured his top target of the transfer window – but how does he fit Alexander Isak into his Liverpool line-up? The 25-year-old striker arrived at Liverpool’s training ground on deadline day morning for a medical test.

Slot sticks to his tried and tested

Ekitike may need to be moved out to the wings to give Isak his preferred position up top(Image: Mirror)

When a big change is on the horizon, it’s sometimes best to keep everything else as similar as possible. With this in mind, Slot may stick with the 4-2-3-1 formation he has been deploying this season.

This would likely see Wirtz keep his position behind the striker while Salah attacks from the right-hand side. However, with Isak in the building, Ekitike, who boasts two goals and one assist in his first three Premier League matches, may be shifted out to the left.

This would leave Isak, who will surely be given the Reds’ No. 9 shirt left vacant by Darwin Nunez, as the lone striker up front. It also means that Dominik Szoboszlai, who is currently filling in at right-back for the injured Jeremie Frimpong and has been sensational this term, would lose his place in the starting XI.

All-out attack

This approach is bold, but it may be recommended only for games against weaker opposition(Image: Mirror)

With so many world-class attackers, Slot may decide to simply play all of them. Attack has been Liverpool’s first form of defence, scoring eight goals in their first three matches while conceding four.

This would leave Isak, who will surely be given the Reds’ No. 9 shirt left vacant by Darwin Nunez, as the lone striker up front. It also means that Dominik Szoboszlai, who is currently filling in at right-back for the injured Jeremie Frimpong and has been sensational this term, would lose his place in the starting XI.

All-out attack

This approach is bold, but it may be recommended only for games against weaker opposition(Image: Mirror)

With so many world-class attackers, Slot may decide to simply play all of them. Attack has been Liverpool’s first form of defence, scoring eight goals in their first three matches while conceding four.