How Liverpool replace Mo Salah – the five best options to succeed the record-breaking Egyptian King at Anfield

MO Salah is irreplaceable astatine Liverpool - but truthful were Kevin Keegan, Fernando Torres and Roberto Firmino.

Salah is going to permission Anfield 1 time and if that time is soon, the Reds urgently request to find a subordinate oregon players who tin lucifer the Egyptian winger’s unthinkable attacking contribution.

When Keegan moved to Hamburg successful 1977, Liverpool signed Kenny Dalglish from Celtic and the ace Scot became a nine fable arsenic a subordinate and manager.

On the aforesaid transportation deadline time that Fernando Torres near for Chelsea for £50m, the Reds brought successful Luis Suarez for £22.8 from Ajax.

But the assemblage is inactive retired connected whether Darwin Nunez, who outgo an archetypal £64m, volition spearhead the nine to the aforesaid level of accomplishment arsenic erstwhile No 9 Firmino.

And uncovering idiosyncratic to measurement into the shoes of Salah, Liverpool’s grounds Premier League and Champions League goalscorer, is arguably the top situation Kop bosses person ever faced. 

Salah’s declaration concern puts his existent employers successful a pugnacious situation.

Chief enforcement of football Michael Edwards and manager of shot Richard Hughes volition beryllium doing their champion to find a mode to support their main antheral astatine the nine beyond next summer, erstwhile his existing declaration expires.

But careless of the result of those negotiations, they volition besides person been moving connected a succession plan.

Here SunSport looks astatine 5 starring pretenders to the throne of the Egyptian King.

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MOHAMMED KUDUS - West Ham

The Hammers’ left-footed Ghanaian international, 24, is astir apt the closest happening successful the Premier League to a imaginable like-for-like replacement for Salah.

Liverpool were sniffing astir successful the summertime and are known to complaint Kudus highly, though his numbers this play endure severely from a five-game suspension.

But reports of a merchandise clause of £85m don’t assistance his origin erstwhile determination whitethorn beryllium amended worth elsewhere successful the market.

JOHAN BAKAYOKO - PSV Eindhoven

Left-footed close winger? Check. Well-known to Arne Slot? Absolutely, aft playing a large relation successful PSV dethroning Slot’s Feyenoord arsenic Dutch champions.

And an breathtaking young endowment with the imaginable to go a superstar? At 21 and already a Belgium international, precise overmuch so.

Bakayoko ticks a batch of boxes, including a declaration that runs retired successful little than 2 years. PSV’s interest demands would find however overmuch of a gamble helium is.

KARIM-DAVID ADEYEMI - Borussia Dortmund

The Reds person been keeping an oculus connected Adeyemi for a agelong time, since adjacent earlier helium joined Red Bull Salzburg arsenic a 16 twelvemonth old.

After showing lone flashes of his imaginable successful his archetypal 2 seasons astatine Dortmund, the Germany international, 22, truly deed the crushed moving successful this run earlier suffering an wounded that has kept him retired since October.

His stats are miles disconnected Salah’s - but truthful were Salah’s earlier helium came to Liverpool.

BRYAN MBEUMO - Brentford

The slightest sexy enactment but could the versatile Cameroon international, 25, beryllium the best? There are bully reasons wherefore Arsenal person besides been linked with Mbeumo.

He is tucked successful conscionable down Erling Haaland and Salah this play successful the race for the Golden Boot with 8 goals, already astir matching his champion Premier League tally.

Would helium get adjacent amended successful a much front-foot team? With his declaration up successful 2026, it is simply a tempting punt.

OMAR MARMOUSH - Eintracht Frankfurt

Who amended to regenerate the Egyptian King than his countryman, particularly fixed the red-hot signifier helium is successful truthful acold this season?

With 11 goals and 7 assists successful 11 Bundesliga matches, Marmoush is 1 of European football’s ’s hottest properties. Not being an out-and-out winger should not beryllium a deal-breaker for a manager similar Slot.

But the terms mightiness beryllium if contention for the 25 twelvemonth old’s services proves truly fierce.