‘Not a chance’ – Liverpool claim surrounding Mohamed Salah’s future gets denied

Liverpool’s attacking inspiration, Mohamed Salah, sees his existent woody astatine Anfield expire adjacent summertime and is yet to amusement immoderate signs of a renewal

Liverpool would not beryllium a amended broadside without Mohamed Salah, says Micah Richards - who insists they "need him".

As overmuch arsenic Arne Slot has begun beingness swimmingly astatine Anfield and established the Reds arsenic title-contenders, a almighty consciousness of dread lingers astir the club. Three of their all-star first-teamers, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, and Salah, all person deals that expire successful 2025.

The Egyptian, having joined the nine successful 2017, volition undoubtedly spell down arsenic one of Liverpool’s all-time greats erstwhile his clip to depart does come, fixed his resume, but the question remains: How volition they fare if helium does permission adjacent summer?

According to Sky Sports pundit Richards, not precise well. The erstwhile Manchester City defender feels that Salah is simply a necessity if occurrence is to beryllium contiguous connected Merseyside, and the nine would beryllium obscurity adjacent arsenic implicit a squad without him.

When asked connected The Rest Is Football podcast if Liverpool would beryllium a stronger broadside adjacent play with the talismanic Salah, Richards simply replied: “No, no, nary – not a chance!”

“Not a chance. Liverpool request Salah. The crushed wherefore I accidental that is that Salah tin people adjacent erstwhile he's not playing well. That is the difference. Just truthful galore times, he’s unlocked the doorway conscionable by being successful the close position. A portion of skill, whether it beryllium a acceptable piece, adjacent his extremity against Arsenal, the movement, I don’t deliberation anyone tin regenerate him.

“I’m conscionable saying that what he's done astatine Liverpool successful presumption of 3 Champions League finals, winning the Champions League, winning the league, what he’s done astatine Liverpool, has been truthful important.”

On a declaration extension, Salah has kept comparatively quiescent to date, not letting gaffe his aboriginal plans, Although helium did admit successful the aftermath of his side's 3-0 thrashing of rivals Manchester United that nary 1 has approached him yet successful what is his last twelvemonth with the club.

"I had a bully summer. I had a agelong clip to enactment connected myself and deliberation positively because, arsenic you know, this is my past twelvemonth astatine the club” Salah told Sky Sports.

"I conscionable privation to bask it, and I don't privation to deliberation astir it. I consciousness escaped to play football, and we'll spot what happens adjacent year. I was coming to the game, I was saying 'Look, it could beryllium the past time'. Nobody successful the nine talked to maine yet astir contracts truthful I was conscionable like, 'OK, I play my past play and spot astatine the extremity of the season'."

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