I think he’s the player who’s assisted Salah the most in the latter’s Liverpool career?
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Replacing Salah - whether it comes this summer or a bit farther down the line - will be done in the aggregate. He is such a good player that to expect any other wide forward to give us what Mo has been giving is unrealistic.
But let’s imagine we sign a right winger who scores half the amount, or thereabouts. I would imagine they will have to do more defensively for the team, so that side should tighten up a bit.
But we still have to find another 10-15 goals to match the current output.
Let’s imagine a scenario where our central striker isn’t firing on all cylinders, whether it’s Jota, who misses a lot of football, or Nunez, who has well documented issues with hitting the target. A new central striker would give us every chance of making up the shortfall.
Let’s keep going. Diaz needs a new deal to protect his value. Perhaps he is not indispensable for Slot? He’s a good player, but he does not score too many that Slot won’t feel he could improve on with another player.
I’m chilled about what happens. If Salah signs a new deal, great, but if not, I think we will be fine.
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Salah always had a good season when negociating his contract/future.
Even aging he’s worth keeping for his leadership, experience, vastly improved penalty taking and being a crowd and world favorite. Going to cost us though.
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Today for example
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is it true as Mo assisted Dom you were droning the following
‘balon d’or, balon d’or, balon d’or’
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No idea what the stats say about his conversation rate but to me it seems as though he’s as potent as he’s ever been in front of goal, can’t recall the last time I’ve finished watching a game thinking “he could’ve had 1 or 2 more”.
The most pleasing thing for me with Mo is he’s not let his contract situation get in the way of being a top professional and leading by example.
It would be very strange come mid August and he’s not in that line up for the first game of the season, or even mid July and not seeing him as part of our training squad on tour.
Not sure, do we have activity trackers at the coffee bar?
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Seems like Mona has cracked the Milanello secrets to longevity in the 90s and 00s - a good ristretto.
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He has regular conversations with Chiesa about making pasta.
Do you want him to have conversations about korma too ?
At this stage , he and the club should be in the position to reject call ups for friendlies etc. I can understand him getting called up for international tournaments like AFCON and world Cup qualifiers.
But if Egypt isn’t in a position to qualify for the latter , Salah should be giving priority to opt out of those. Or conversely if they are facing a very weak opposition, opt out of those matches as well.
Does the mailman celebrate when he delivers the post?
Yes
He always rings twice
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Once for an assist and the 2nd for a goal, as per norm
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For home friendlies at least, I just don’t think Salah wants to reject those call-ups. He gets the opportunity to play in front of an Egyptian crowd perhaps 3-4 times a year. Salah very clearly knows he is a role model for many and values that. Also worth noting that with AFCON and World Cup qualification, African teams don’t play that many friendlies, their calendar is fairly full as it is.
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We look at this sometimes too much from a purely Liverpool fan perspective and forget what playing for their country means for a vast majority of these players.
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To my mind his international involvement - which he is more than entitled to - should have a bearing on what we offer him, which we are entitled to do. If we feel that participating in AFCON will diminish the player for Liverpool’s needs for the rest of the season (there’s form for that, but the question is always to what degree) then we should not be offering the sort of terms that might imply this season’s output will continue.
I hope he signs a new deal, but equally, if he does not, I look forward to seeing how Slot reshapes his attack. Nunez looks the most vulnerable for a departure, but I imagine he won’t be the only one.
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This is the record I have my eye on:
He’ll be on 50+ at this rate. Almost unbreakable.
Sorry @cynicaloldgit , they didn’t keep track of assists in the days of Dixie Dean.
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Well he has missed the last two breaks.
Seems there is an agreement there, perhaps if there is a major tournament or qualication is close.
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