Richard Hughes could bring £25m/year right winger to Anfield this summer - opinion

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The longer the summer transfer window drags on with Liverpool yet to sign a Mohamed Salah replacement, the more I wonder at the chances he could return to Anfield. The 2026 summer transfer window has been very quiet for Liverpool so far, but nothing would bring the spark back quite like a shock announcement that Salah will return to the club for the 2026/27 Premier League season.

His £485,000 per week Liverpool contract (£25m/year) technically has another year remaining on it too… What if the Mohamed Salah replacement were Mohamed Salah? Even if Salah has another season like last, who would say no to a new right winger with 12 goals and 10 assists?

I know that’s not quite worth £485,000 per week, but given that last season was an outlier in Salah’s Liverpool career, I would be willing to bet that he would greatly outperform those numbers – especially under a manager like Iraola, who would no doubt get him into the positions Arne Slot failed to in his second season in charge. Imagine if Liverpool signed Barcola and brought Salah back to the Kop A lot of work still needs to be done to bring Bradley Barcola to Anfield, but if his arrival coincided with the return of Salah, the Kop would be treated to a wonderful front three.