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Liverpool news: Mohamed Salah deal explored as World Cup star advised against leaving club

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The ex-French international has told the young winger to continue his career at Paris Saint-Germain.Liverpool have turned their attentions to the wide man - who is currently with France at the World Cup - with RB Leipzig's Yan Diomande said to prefer a move to PSG.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FB PAGE! "Barcola doesn’t need to leave PSG," he said."He's too young.



I thought that for Barcola to start and play 90 minutes at the international level, he wouldn’t do it because Barcola is too light on defensive discipline."Remember, we play with four offensive players, and bringing Barcola into the system could have been another weakness because he doesn't make the effort to defend. When you look at his previous matches with PSG, or even some of the matches he did for the national team during the Euros, he had that weakness."He's young; the attention and defensive alertness isn't there to match the speed he projects when he’s going forward."He wasn't making the effort to get back into position.

So, should he move to the Premier League? The winger continues to be linked with clubs, particularly in Saudi Arabia where there has been longstanding interest in the 34-year-old.The Mail have reported that Roma, the club Salah joined Liverpool from, and Juventus are interested but could face a financial challenge to bring the Egyptian star to Italy.Salah is expected to command a significant wage wherever he goes this summer.