Liverpool supporters will use Mohamed Salah’s relentless brilliance for the last time this season.
Liverpool, the Egyptians, were impressed by the Egyptian fountains to the summit of the Premier League, where they should remain for the rest of the campaign. Arne Slot’s remarkable debut season would not have been possible without producing the legendary winger weekly characteristic breathtaking displays.
In the past few months there has been little time to consider the future for the red, as they challenge three important cutlery, but their inability to bind Salah to a new contract has understandably triggered alarm bells.
The current offer of the 32-year-old expires this summer and he will almost certainly prove to be irreplaceable. However, if he ends Angefield at the end of the season, the red will be forced to enter the transfer market to find someone who can fill the most powerful cavities.
Here are six players who could realistically replace Salah in Liverpool – of course, as much as everyone.
Every striving for Nico Williams would probably require that Liverpool make some tactical changes. The wing player of the Athletic Club Stahl in Euro 2024 in the spotlight when Spain conquered the continent and the 22-year-old was not surprisingly connected to a number of giants in the world over the summer window. The red goods were one of those who were advertised with an interest, although it was Barcelona who came closest to a deal.
Although it cannot doubt Williams’ immense potential and the ability, he would not be an exposure and exit rate for Salah. He mainly works on the left wing in contrast to right, while he is also on the right.
The two wide strikers share similar attributes – skills, speed and an eye for the goal – but Williams is more of a traditional winger. The pace and agility are its greatest characteristics with the uncanny ability to reveal opposition by cutting inside or reaching the Byline.
Williams would be an expensive acquisition and one that would force the slot to redesign its pack. He could show a generation talent, but he can offer more questions than answers within Liverpools current setup.
Bryan Mbumo may be the most underestimated player in the Premier League. If you have searched for a budget -Salah replacement, the camera national player may be the most effective player you could find.
Mbumo and Salah share some important attributes that mainly combine the speed with a remarkable upper body thickness despite a relatively minutive frame. The ability to fill the right half-space and pop shots at the goal also combines them, with Mbumo has an extraordinary left foot that can provide any kind of finish.
The 25-year-old does not yet produce the Salah numbers, but his performance is scalable. He is the most productive campaign of his top career and puts the gap from Ivan Toney’s snipers.
The wing player, who was also operated as a striker occasionally, would not be cheap, but he could actually prove to be an inexpensive addition to the large program of the wider market.
There is a reason why Takefusa Kubo was picked by Barcelona at a young age and then from Real Madrid from Japanese football. Spain has not progressed with both La League giants, and has proven to be a successful home for the now real Sociedad superstar.
Kubo has included in San Sebastian and has earned Liverpool connections in previous windows – including last summer. Two impressive full seasons with a real sociedad have caught attention, the pocket rocket prescribed for its ingenuity and flair.
He is not yet a really seismic season with regard to goals and template-in a single campaign in a two category still has to be reached in two digits-the 23-year-old could thrive in a more offensive side and with better people who surround him.
Slot will know everything about Johan Bakayoko. The tricky Belgian was one of the reasons why Liverpool’s boss did not win the Eredivisie title last season in Feyenoord. 21 goal posts in the league helped PSV Eindhoven to secure the Dutch crown and a record points.
BakayoKo’s success in the Netherlands did not have been unnoticed by Premier League applicants, and Brentford took the 21-year-old in 2023 shortly before the 21-year-old was signed.
The Reds saw his potential phase of the Champions League phase first hand, with Bakayoko scored an excellent goal in his team’s 3-2 victory against his team’s leaders. He has become a synonym for such moments of individual brilliance and is another left -wing foot who likes to cut inside and aims at goalkeeper.
Borussia Dortmund has long been a safe port for British talents abroad and Jamie Gitten is another one who was looking for refuge in the Ruhr region. The Englishman took the time to settle after he was in the books in Manchester City, but in 2024/25 his breakout campaign was so far.
The two-digit hit destination until mid-January has to put on the elite of Europe on the 20-year-old, who prices the pace and a knack for spectacular strikes. In a difficult season for Dortmund, the Gitten was a bright light.
Like Williams, however, the English U21 international on the left is mostly used, which means that he would not necessarily be a direct replacement for Salah-unless he should be repositioned. Nevertheless, a player of such talents and potential must be taken into account.
Slot cannot yet be seen with the same Jarrod Bowen, over which the predecessor Jürgen Klopp was repeatedly grown lyrically. The West Ham United Talisman has recently tortured Liverpool – he has scored three goals and support in three meetings last season – with its electrical pace, its incredible working morale and the left foot of Dynamite, which has to stop as difficult.
Bowen often went under the radar in West Ham, but has scored a total of 79 goals and templates in the previous three complete campaigns with the iron. Even in an often cautious David Moyes team, the English international was able to summon magic.
The unaffordable factor in a change for Bowen is not only a considerable price, but also the age of the wing player. It was 28 last December and while Liverpool offers a consistent and experienced figure, there is expectation that its standards will deteriorate in the coming seasons.