Arne Slot told Liverpool could sign two players to replace Mohamed Salah amid contract impasse
Liverpool are yet to reach an agreement with Mohamed Salah over a contract to continue beyond the end of the 2024/25 campaign. Arne Slot may not wish to lose his most prolific goalscorer, though he has been alerted to the possibility of two Premier League grade players coming in as replacements.
Salah has done his talking both on and off the field this term in full hope of securing the best deal possible to remain with Liverpool. His 17 goals and 13 assists in 18 matches mean he became the fastest player to 30 goal contributions in Premier League history, whilst his most recent statement shook Anfield.
Speaking to Sky Sports at the start of the month, Salah said: "Do I believe this is my last season? So far, yeah. It's the last six months. There is nothing, no progress there and we are far away from any progress, so we just need to wait and see."
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But Danny Murphy has offered his thoughts on the prospect of Liverpool losing Salah, listing three current Premier League attackers as potential replacements. And the former Reds midfielder believes two of them could be bought to make up for the Egyptian's goal contributions.
He told OLBG: "It will take more than one player to replace the void left by Mohamed Salah and for me there are two obvious ones, Antoine Semenyo and Jarrod Bowen.
"Semenyo I like as a player but might not quite be ready yet, he still needs time to grow, whereas Bowen is tried and tested and is nearly always West Ham’s best player when he is fit.
"He is a super talent but his age profile might be pushing it for Liverpool. If Liverpool could bring in both Bowen and Tyler Dibling from Southampton, I think that would be brilliant.
"A young, super-talent, full of confidence, plays on that right side, comes in on his left foot, beats people. I think that those two could help Liverpool if Salah leaves. If he left tomorrow and Liverpool got Bowen and Dibling, that would be brilliant."
The Reds have been linked with a £50m move for Semenyo in recent days - one that would reportedly involve Ben Doak heading the other way to cover some of the cost.
Bowen has been a rumoured target in previous windows, whilst Dibling has started to impress as part of a disappointing Southampton side this season, leading to rumours he may not remain on the south coast for much longer.