In his first 12 league appearances with Willem II, Isak scored 12 goals. It is a feat that Ronaldo at PSV Eindhoven, and Luis Suarez and Ibrahimovic at Ajax can fit into their first twelve matches at Eredivisie.
No other player from the Netherlands has beaten Dortmund’s striker during this period, meaning that the 19-year-old had discovered the net more in the Eredivisie after the 19th day than Hakim Ziyech (5), Hirving Lozano (6), Adrian Dalmau (10), Dusan Tadic (10) and Luuk de Jong. (11); who make up the league’s five most sensitive scorers this season.
It’s a surprising comeback, which includes a penalty hat-trick in the 3-2 win over Fortuna Sittard, and precisely what the player and the parent club had in mind when they agreed to a transfer this winter to aid in the progression of this one. incredibly front.
“We need to give Alex, who we think is a wonderful talent, the chance to win a higher fit training point,” sporting director Michael Zorc told Dortmund’s online page when the deal with Willak with Willem was announced in January.
See: Isak: “Dortmund is the position to grow. “
With Mario Gotze back in shape and fit with a fake nine, Paco Alcacer providing an infinite number of goals on the bench and Maximilian Philipp providing even more competition, Isak’s opportunities with the first team were going to be difficult to locate this season.
However, this would possibly not be the case in 2019/20 and Isak is indeed proving in the Netherlands that he is not only in a position to be donated yet also merits a possibility at Signal Iduna Park once again. back to the club in the summer.
His unique 6-foot-2-inch frame, silky first touch, near-perfect strategy and penchating for scoring goals have generated noble comparisons with compatriot Ibrahimovic, but former coach Magnus Wickman already sees clear differences between the two.
“He’s a little shy and very humble,” former Swedish under-17 coach Isak told Sky Sports. “He’s a mature user when you communicate with him and especially in the field. He’s wise in the country. “
“His speed is top, but not extreme. He is smart with the ball and can connect with other players. It’s more dynamic because he likes to move around and look for the area on the opposite side of the field. “
And Isak is already making his own mark on the game. In January 2017, just two weeks before signing for Dortmund, Isak was the second youngest player in Sweden, then the youngest scorer in history in just two games and five days.
Next season he will be able to keep his mark, this time at Dortmund Black and Yellow.
At present, there is no undisputed striker in Dortmund’s ranks of the same type as Isak. Gotze has strategy and binding play, Alcacer’s devastating eye for Philipp’s purpose and pace, but Isak combines those features while adding abundant aerial risk to the mix.
He has already played 119 minutes of the Bundesliga in five appearances with Dortmund, so, all of whom took place last season, however, when he returns to the club, armed with more delight from professional football and developing confidence, the former AIK young man can simply rise seriously. already formidable presence on the front line that includes Gotze, Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus, Raphael Guerreiro and Jacob Bruun-Larsen.
Favre already knows exactly what Isak can do; the young man scored the first goal of the Swiss manager’s pre-season in Dortmund. There are also few, if any, major coaches in the world to develop talents such as the 61-year-old strata: ask Reus, Sancho, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Max Kruse, Granit Xhaka, Mahmoud Dahoud and Christoph Kramer, among others.
“This is a team that invests in other young people and has a very smart idea, so it suits me very well,” Isak said of Dortmund in 2017. “I felt Dortmund was the right position for me. Develop. “
And he’s on his way to fit one of Favre’s last apprentices to take him to the next point under his tutelage. Having noticed the eruption of Sancho, in particular in the last 12 months; Isak, his club and the Yellow Wall will be excited about what the long term holds.
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