LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool striker Alexander Isak will return to training with the senior squad on Friday after three weeks out, ahead of a blockbuster Premier League meeting with Manchester City.

Isak, who joined Liverpool for a reported $170 million as the British record signing in the summer transfer window, has missed Liverpool's last four games because of a groin problem .

That continued Isak's slow start to life at Anfield, having trained away from the main Newcastle squad in preseason while agitating for the move to Liverpool. He has scored just one goal in eight games in all competitions for his new club.

“I know that I said three weeks ago that his preseason has ended,” Liverpool manager Arne Slot said, “so now it's time to see where he is.”

Slot said Isak's latest

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