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Rickie: New boy will be Slot's main man so pressure is on to deliver

- BY IAN DOYLE

ALEXANDER ISAK has been told he must hit the ground running at Liverpool as the main man in Arne Slot's new-look strikeforce.

Isak is expected to make his first appearance for the Reds at promoted Burnley this afternoon following his controversial clubrecord £125million deadline-day transfer from Newcastle United.

Having been banished from the Toon’s first-team squad during the summer, the 25-year-old - who made his comeback with a brief cameo for Sweden last week - is likely to be on the bench at Turf Moor due to lack of game minutes.

And while £79m new boy Hugo Ekitike has scored three times in his first four games for Slot’s side, former Liverpool striker Rickie Lambert is in no doubt over the pecking order up front at Anfield.

“Isak will be the main man,” said Lambert, 43. “He'll play the majority of games, especially the big ones, but the rest of them will kind of move around him.