Jurgen Klopp discussed signing Manchester United flop as Mohamed Salah replacement at Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp floated the thought of replacing Mohamed Salah with Manchester United winger Antony astatine Liverpool, according to reports.

Liverpool are presently successful talks with Salah implicit a caller contract, with his woody astatine Anfield owed to expire astatine the extremity of the season.

Salah’s past declaration renewal came successful July 2022 erstwhile helium signed a three-year woody worthy successful excess of £350,000 a week.

According to The Times, Liverpool’s negotiations implicit Salah’s caller woody 3 years agone were acold from creaseless and an statement looked ‘unlikely’ astatine assorted stages of discussions.

The study adds that Klopp was adjacent considering replacements with Salah, with United winger Antony mentioned arsenic 1 of the options.

However, United moved for the Brazil planetary 8 weeks aboriginal arsenic they signed him for an archetypal £82 cardinal interest from Ajax.

Antony has struggled to marque an interaction since joining United, scoring conscionable 12 goals successful 87 appearances truthful far.

The 24-year-old was utilized sparingly by Erik 10 Hag this play earlier the Dutchman’s sacking, starting conscionable 1 crippled successful the Carabao Cup and making different 4 appearances arsenic a substitute crossed the Premier League and the Europa League.

The winger has been linked with a determination distant from United, with reports claiming that the nine are unfastened to selling him successful the January window.

Gary Neville has adjacent described Antony arsenic 1 of the worst transfers successful the club’s past alongside Casemiro, who joined successful a £70m woody from Real Madrid successful August 2022.

‘I deliberation helium [Ten Hag] oversaw 2 of the worst transfers Manchester United volition ever person made successful the signings of Casemiro and Antony,’ Neville said.

‘They were signed for £140-150m successful a panic aft the Brentford and Brighton losses. I anticipation I’m wrong, I anticipation Casemiro tin bash a large occupation for the nine for 4 oregon 5 years and I anticipation Antony comes good.

‘But those signings are wherefore United person had to spell backmost into the transportation marketplace and motion [Manuel] Ugarte and different players.

‘That was the eventual successful mediocre absorption from those supra Erik 10 Hag. That should person been 1 large abdominous nary erstwhile those 2 players became disposable for those prices and those salaries.’

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