Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson believes that Mohamed Salah will go away the membership this summer time because the Egyptian star’s contract scenario involves a head.
Salah is one in every of three key Liverpool gamers who are actually within the last 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 ready the place such highly-rated gamers are so near the top of their contracts.
“I consider Mo will go away and the opposite two [Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold] will keep,” Johnson informed Betfred. “Every of them are going to have an infinite record of golf equipment that may need to signal them in the event that they’re obtainable as a free agent and if Liverpool know that any of them aren’t going to signal a brand new contract, then I consider they’ve been silly to not money in.
“You possibly can’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 thus far 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 “He doesn’t play as if he’s 32 years outdated, so that you assume so long as he feels proper, that he can proceed to play at this stage for a pair extra years, so that you hope a transfer to Saudi Arabia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 obtainable on a free on the finish of the season, then there’ll be a listing 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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