Alexander Isak has been all but ruled out of Liverpool's Premier League clash against Aston Villa(Image: (Photo by Matt West/Shutterstock))

Tim Krul believes Alexander Isak’s below-par start to his Liverpool career is ‘karma’ for the way he forced his way out of Newcastle United. The Sweden international essentially went on strike to ensure the Magpies would follow through on alleged promises to let him leave St. James’ Park.

The striker trained on his own for the majority of the summer and failed to feature for Newcastle throughout pre-season. As a result, he was left playing catch-up after belatedly completing a British record £125m switch to Liverpool on transfer deadline day.

Isak is yet to live up to his hefty price tag though following his disjointed summer, and has returned just one goal and one assist from his first eight appearances for the Reds. Yet to score in the Premier League, he is set to miss Liverpool’s clash with Aston Villa on Saturday because of a groin injury, having been forced off at half-time in the Reds’ Champions League win over Eintracht Frankfurt earlier this month.

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