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Former Barcelona assistant coach: I once recommended Isaac to management, but unfortunately the financial difficulties were incurred at that time

11:16am, 6 October 2025【Football】

Hupu October 4th, Henrik Larson revealed in an interview with Flashcore that when he worked in Barcelona as Ronald Koeman's assistant coach, he recommended Alexander Isaac to the Barcelona management. Larson believes that the striker would have been a good signing when he played for Real Sociedad.

"I mentioned him to them when I was at Barcelona. They asked me for a list of strikers. I recommended Alexander Isaac. But unfortunately the club's finances were going through difficult times at that time, so the transfer could not be completed. Lewandowski was also on this list, but they could not sign at that time. "

Barcelona has always been very concerned about Isaac, and Deko has also talked to people around him, trying to make him wait for a while to sign for Barcelona. The Swedish striker was originally open to joining Barcelona but eventually chose to accept the offer from Liverpool and sign, which made him one of the highest-paid players in the world.

Larson commented that he had no right to give Isaac advice because the latter could achieve anything in the football world: "It's not my business, he has been a genius since he was 15. Playing in Newcastle was not easy, and he did a great job. Now he's going to Liverpool, and that's just his next step," he said.