Steven Gerrard urges Liverpool to re-sign former star as Mo Salah replacement
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The Egyptian is leaving Liverpool after nine years and the club are scouring the market for options ahead of the summer transfer window opening.Salah has 255 goals for Liverpool and will go down in history as one of the club's best ever players. Latest Reds news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageREAD MORE: Eight players could miss PSG vs Liverpool Champions League tie as Arne Slot handed boostREAD MORE: Florian Wirtz in disagreement with Virgil van Dijk after brutal Liverpool comments"All day long," he replied when asked on TNT Sports if he like to see Olise at Liverpool.
Big club, they're challenging for the big honours, probably the strongest Bayern Munich team we've seen for a while."He's about to take the World Cup by storm come the summer, he looks like a really happy kid, settled… I don't think he's going anywhere. "I think the concern, if you're trying to replace Salah, in terms of like, for like, I think there's very few out there that you can go and grab," he said.WORLD CUP LEGENDS: The stars who lit up football’s greatest tournament - Buy the Special Edition today"Olise would be one, I would say, but I don't think he'd be available, but from experience, being around Liverpool as a player, and also since I've left, Liverpool's recruitment team will have different options, and that doesn't necessarily mean they'll look for a like-for-like."When we had to replace [Sadio] Mane, for example, we went for Diaz, who's slightly different, or when [Luis] Suarez has left, they've had different types of options to try and replace the players."But Liverpool have got a fantastic record of replacing top players that have gone before, so I've got every confidence from a recruitment point of view that they'll have different types of options, not necessarily a like-for-like."One thing is for certain, they have to try and replace some kind of his goal involvement in terms of goals and assists, which is extremely difficult because he's been incredible for Liverpool for many years."Slot made a very similar point when discussing the problem last week.
"Of course we do," he said on Friday when asked if Liverpool had a plan for replacing Salah. Otherwise there would be 15 or 20 Mo’s and he is one of a kind, which is why he is so special.