Liverpool set to repeat transfer mistake as Arne Slot left with £150m black hole
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The Reds will say goodbye to their Premier League and Champions League-winning stalwarts at the end of the campaign when their contracts come to an end.Salah's exit arrives one year into his two-year deal after the player's representatives and the club reached a mutual agreement to go their separate ways. The France international will be free to leave as a free agent should both parties fail to reach an agreement on a contract extension.Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have been consistently linked with a transfer for the 26-year-old, while there have been contradictory reports regarding Konate's future, it has been suggested that the central defender could sign an extension on Merseyside.Transfermarkt utilises its data to determine market valuations of players, and from the period of the Liverpool contingents' respective transfers, the Reds have forfeited substantial fees.Salah's forthcoming exit will see him depart 12 months following his Player of the Season-winning campaign.
The Brazilian, aged 31 at the time, departed without a transfer fee after his contract was not extended before joining the Saudi Pro League exodus, leaving with a valuation of around £15.7million.Meanwhile, an injury-plagued five-year spell for Keita saw him head back to Germany, while Wijnaldum's departure from Liverpool proved rather contentious, as he subsequently revealed his sense of feeling 'unloved' before moving to PSG on a free, at a point when his market value stood at roughly £26m.He said: "There was a moment when I didn't feel loved and appreciated. More the other side." He added: "I have to say also there was social media.
When it went bad, I was the player who they blamed, that I wanted to leave."Every day in training and in the games, I gave everything I had to bring it to a good end because, during the years, Liverpool meant so much to me and because of the way the fans in the stadium were treating me."My feeling was that the fans in the stadium and the fans on social media were two different kinds. Even when they came back [after the COVID-19 break], already knowing that I was going to leave, they still supported me and, in the end, they gave me a great farewell."On social media, if we lost, I was the one who got the blame.