Liverpool's Isak Fit to Sub in PSG Champions League Tie

Liverpool manager Arne Slot confirmed on Tuesday that striker Alexander Isak has traveled with the squad to Paris for Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Paris Saint-Germain, though the forward will not start. The 26-year-old Sweden international, Liverpool's record signing from Newcastle United for 125 million pounds last September, could make a substitute appearance at Parc des Princes after recovering from a fractured fibula sustained in December.

Isak has been sidelined since scoring in a 2-1 Premier League victory over Tottenham Hotspur on December 20, when a challenge from Tottenham's Micky van de Ven left him requiring surgery on his ankle. He returned to full team training last week but was omitted from the matchday squad for Saturday's 4-0 FA Cup quarterfinal defeat at Manchester City, as Slot and the medical staff deemed it too soon. "He finished close to a week of team training sessions, so he can play a part, otherwise I wouldn't take him," Slot told reporters. "We didn't take him to the Etihad because we felt he wasn't able to get a performance yet. Now we think we can get a performance out of him, but not to start."