Liverpool have Ligue 1 youngster on their radar to replace Mohamed Salah

Lyon guardant Rayan Cherki has emerged connected Liverpool’s radar arsenic they marque plans for beingness without Mohamed Salah.

The Egyptian is successful the last twelvemonth of his declaration with the Reds and whitethorn good beryllium moving connected astatine the extremity of the season.

The 32-year-old has been astatine Anfield since 2017 and has scored 221 goals successful 366 games for the club, becoming a fable not lone for the Reds but the Premier League arsenic a whole.

If helium is to permission successful the summer past helium volition instrumentality immoderate replacing, but Liverpool are already getting acceptable to effort and capable the void helium volition leave.

French work L’Equipe study that Cherki is of involvement to the Reds, though they are not alone, with Paris Saint-Germain besides considering a determination for the 21-year-old.

Despite not turning 22 until August, Cherki has gained a immense magnitude of acquisition already for Lyon, making 152 appearances for the nine and scoring 20 goals.

The merchandise of the Lyon academy made his archetypal squad debut astatine conscionable 16 years aged and has continued to marque regular appearances ever since.

The youngster is yet to marque his debut for the elder France side, but has 19 caps for the Under-21 broadside and played for the Olympic squad implicit the summer, coming disconnected the seat successful the last against Spain.

Cherki is nether declaration astatine Lyon until 2026 and that woody volition beryllium extended by a twelvemonth if helium is inactive astatine the nine astatine the extremity of adjacent summer, truthful his employers are nether nary existent unit to merchantability connected that front.

However, they are nether important fiscal unit owed to an economical situation astatine the nine which could spot them relegated from Ligue 1 unless they tin lick it.

Speaking astir his aboriginal earlier this year, Cherki said: ‘I don’t deliberation astir what’s adjacent astatine all.

‘My aboriginal volition wait, until the extremity of the season. Lyon comes first. When the clip comes to inquire the question, we volition inquire it, but it is not yet the time.’

Liverpool are successful a sticky concern successful presumption of contracts, with Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold each successful the last play of their deals.

No announcements person been made implicit what the trio volition bash beyond this play but if each 3 were to permission the nine connected escaped transfers past it would beryllium a immense blow.

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