Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson believes that Mohamed Salah will depart the membership this summer time because the Egyptian star’s contract scenario involves a head.
Salah is certainly one of three key Liverpool gamers who are actually within the remaining yr of their present Anfield contracts, alongside skipper Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
All three gamers are key figures within the Reds first-team and whereas Johnson believes solely Salah will depart the membership subsequent summer time, the membership shouldn’t have put themselves able the place such highly-rated gamers are so near the tip of their contracts.
“I imagine Mo will depart and the opposite two [Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold] will keep,” Johnson instructed Betfred. “Every of them are going to have an limitless record of golf equipment that can need to signal them in the event that they’re accessible as a free agent and if Liverpool know that any of them aren’t going to signal a brand new contract, then I imagine they’ve been silly to not money in.
“You’ll be able to’t have gamers of their calibre strolling out on a free.”
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With three objectives and three assists from his 4 Premier League appearances to this point this season, Salah has seemed rejuvenated after the 32-year-old was capable of take pleasure in a summer time off. However after scoring on this month’s 3-0 win at Manchester United he admitted that ‘it’s my final yr on the membership’, and Johnson believes the previous Chelsea man can nonetheless play at a excessive stage.
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“Mo nonetheless has an terrible lot to present,” Johnson added. “He doesn’t play as if he’s 32 years previous, so that you assume so long as he feels proper, that he can proceed to play at this stage for a pair extra years, so that you hope a transfer to Saudi Arabia isn’t of curiosity to him proper now.
“If he’s accessible on a free on the finish of the season, then there’ll be an inventory of thrilling golf equipment all ready to signal him.”
Liverpool tackle AC Milan within the Champions League on the San Siro on Tuesday night, earlier than dealing with Bournemouth at dwelling within the Premier League on Saturday.
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