As you’ll no doubt know by now, Hugo Ekitike (£8.7m) will miss Gameweek 6 after being sent off for two bookable offences in the midweek EFL Cup tie against Southampton.
The big question now: will Alexander Isak (£10.5m) be ready to start against Crystal Palace?
Arne Slot discussed the fitness of Isak in his pre-match press conference on Friday.
“Yeah, yeah, he’s able to play minutes again. I still feel 90 is… it depends also on the pace and intensity of the game, but it might be a bit too much. But not only that, also for the long term. So, you can give a player maybe one, I would call, ‘stupid hit’ to bring him to 90 and then his body is completely… you’ve brought him too far over the line. So, I don’t think it’s smart to play him 90 yet.
“He’s further into his ‘pre-season’ now. Normally, after two or three weeks in pre-season, players go to 60-70 minutes. At some clubs, they even bring them to 90, but if you look at our pre-season, we mainly bring them to 60-70 minutes.” – Arne Slot, when asked if Alexander Isak is ready to start
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