If the north of England is not known for its mild weather, we must admit that it is rather nice in Liverpool during this autumn period. The passing of the torch from Jürgen Klopp to Arne Slot is going wonderfully, with a comfortable first place in the Premier League, a flawless performance in the Champions League and a real breath of fresh air for this team which has never won a major title for two years now. But this Monday, a grayish cloud came to invite itself into the sky of the city of the Beatles: the future of Mohamed Salah among the Reds indeed seems compromised. “It’s almost December, and I still haven’t received anything to stay at the club. I’m probably closer to leaving than staying,” thus unpacked the one whose lease in Liverpool expires next July. A surprising announcement as the attacker still seems to walk on water at 32, and which questions the strategy of Fenway Sports Group: the Reds can they really afford to catalog the legendary Pharaoh in the archives?
The third salary of the Kingdom
Liverpool can legitimately claim the title of best team in Europe in this first part of the 2024-2025 season. Mo Salah undoubtedly sits at the table with the very best players. The native of Nagrig is decisive almost every week, with 12 goals and 10 assists in 18 matches in all competitions. His hunting list includes the names of Arsenal, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Manchester United. And that's counting without its always essential contribution in the game of Scousershe who has not lost his speed and explosiveness after so many years in one of the most intense gaming systems on the Old Continent. Even the most crass Everton supporter could not deny the obvious: Salah is a monster who could (again) lead this new Liverpool to the top, in England as in Europe.
But how on earth is it that the English institution is being choosy to prolong a player who is unanimously appreciated, especially when he publicly announces that he wants to come back for a few posts? As is often the case in the world of football, the truth is never far from the wallet. Salah currently earns almost 350,000 pounds per week excluding bonuses (for a total of more than 20 million euros per year), making him the third highest paid player across the Channel behind Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. THE board of the Reds perhaps fears investing all his chips in a winger who is slowly reaching an age often synonymous with decline. Last season, number 11 had clearly slowed down after a great start, like a team which had run out of steam at the end of the season.
An irreplaceable status
While it is obvious that Salah no longer has his entire career ahead of him, there are still strong reasons to believe that he can still be Liverpool's major player in the short and medium term. A glance at the man's impeccable appearance is enough to understand that we are facing the prototype of the modern player, largely capable of lasting beyond the age of thirty. His regularity in terms of statistics also speaks in his favor: since his arrival in England, the Egyptian has never once fallen below the 23 goal mark.
Beyond the numbers, his experience and his personality are also strong arguments to take into account. THE Reds have a lot of talent up front, with Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota and even Federico Chiesa, but none of these boys are winning a priori as the individuality able to carry the team on his shoulders when needed. Moreover, it is no coincidence that Salah is still today the only attacker to have an indisputable starting status in an eleven regularly subject to rotation.
Not continuing the adventure with such a reliable player would be pure negligence, like what AC Milan did for example in 2011 by letting Andrea Pirlo leave freely. It may take several years to truly appreciate the impact of Mo Salah in the modern history of Reds. The third top scorer in the club's history has too often been categorized by part of the general public as a selfish player, undoubtedly suffering from comparison with the altruism of Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mané, his two former friends. It is clear that today he is the only one of the trio not to have given in to the Saudi sirens, proving his desire to continue to expand a track record where all the boxes have already been ticked. We're not going to teach the English: it's better to make the most of the sun's rays before the gray weather returns.
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