Liverpool's ideal Mo Salah replacement has 87 goal contributions in 95 games

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Liverpool, in recognition of Salah’s service to the club, will let him go for free at the end of the season, although it will free his £485,000 per week wages from the club’s wage bill. In his last 87 games for Liverpool, since the start of the 2024-25 campaign, Salah has 44 goals and 32 assists in all competitions.

Gerrard believes Olise is the only player out there at the moment who is a like-for-like replacement anywhere near the level Salah has been operating at for Liverpool. “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.” If they do go for Olise, Liverpool will have to spend north of £100m, with recent reports suggesting the French superstar will cost interested clubs in the region of £120m.

“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.” Olise’s numbers are freakish and suggest he should be the man to sign to replace Salah Liverpool’s aggressive spending last summer will need to be replicated if they are going to sign a suitable replacement for Salah this window. Including last season’s tally, his 36 goals and 51 assists in 95 games is very comparable to Salah.