EPL: Why I Joined Liverpool — Isak

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Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has revealed that joining the Premier League giants was an “easy decision”, despite the difficult circumstances surrounding his departure from Newcastle United.

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The Sweden international moved to Liverpool on deadline day in September 2025 for a British-record transfer fee of £125 million.

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Speaking to BBC Sport’s The Football Interview on Friday, Isak said Liverpool’s stature, ambition and determination to sign him convinced him that the move was the right one.

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“Liverpool is a massive club, and everything about the club made it pretty clear,” Isak said.

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“The club’s ambition and the club’s will to get me in as well. It was a big part of it,” he said.

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Isak’s departure from Newcastle followed a turbulent period in which he trained away from the first team at former club Real Sociedad.

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The striker had said promises made to him at Newcastle had been broken.

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His first season at Anfield, however, was disrupted by injury. Isak managed only 1,032 minutes across 22 appearances before a leg break ruled him out from December until April.

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He scored three Premier League goals.

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Despite the difficult campaign, the 26-year-old insists he never regretted his decision to join Liverpool.

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“No, never. I would never think like that,” he said when asked whether he had ever regretted the move.

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Isak believes his focus on the future helped him deal with the setback.

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“The leg break was tough. Anyone who had a long injury would know,” he said.

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“But on the other hand, when you’re in a good place and when you feel good, you don’t really tend to look back because it doesn’t really benefit you.”

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The striker has begun the new campaign in encouraging form, already matching his previous season’s Premier League tally of three goals after just four games.

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He also represented Sweden at the World Cup during the summer

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