The future of the Egyptian star with the English team Liverpool still raises speculation, and according to the current conditions, Salah is close to leaving the English club, free of charge, in the summer of 2023.
Many months ago, negotiations to renew the contract began between Salah and Liverpool, but the high financial demands of the Egyptian player are facing the Reds’ administration’s adherence to the club’s salary structure.
And the “Athletic” website revealed in its British version that Liverpool may lose Salah and his Senegalese colleague Sadio Mane, within one year, for several reasons.
financial reasons
Despite Salah’s statements that he demands Liverpool to appreciate more than to search for financial gains, what his agent Rami Abbas makes of comments confirms the opposite, according to the description of “The Athletic”.
The crisis is that Liverpool will not be able to offer salaries like those offered by Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United clubs in England or Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in other European countries.
Hence, when Salah asks for a salary increase, he is looking for what stars such as Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Spain’s David de Gea receive at Manchester United, or Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish at Manchester City, or even Harry Kane at Tottenham Hotspur.
Interestingly, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp admitted earlier that it was difficult for the club to bear these large salaries, saying: “Liverpool cannot spend money like other clubs, it is clear that they have no limits, but we do.”
These exorbitant salaries, and the problem of Salah’s contract renewal, prompted Tom Werner, president of Liverpool, to talk about the need to implement financial regulations more stringently in order to bring wage inflation under control at the level of European clubs.
And “The Athletic” stated that the latest attempt by Liverpool to keep Salah is to find a compromise between his demands and the permissible salary structure, by giving him the largest salary in the history of the club’s players, but despite that it will not reach the salaries of Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Jack Grealish.
In addition, Liverpool are looking at another matter, which is that by not breaking the salary structure, there will be no tension in the locker room.
And if the situation continues as it is, Salah will be closer to leaving for free after the end of his contract in the summer of 2023, which is something that Liverpool fans fear.
Consequences of Salah’s departure
The report also talked about the consequences of the departure of not only Salah, but also his Senegalese colleague Sadio Mane.
And press reports revealed that Bayern Munich made an offer to Mane worth 21 million pounds, but the offer was rejected by the Liverpool administration.
But Bayern is preparing to offer a better offer, taking advantage of only one year left in Mane’s contract with Liverpool as a means to pressure the English club not to lose the player for free after a year.
And if Salah and Mane leave, it will be similar to what happened to Arsenal in the second half of the first decade of the current millennium, when Terry Henry and Patrick Vieira left and a group of emerging players was relied upon.
Since the departure of the French duo, Arsenal has started to decline technically and has not won the Premier League since 2004 and has not qualified for the Champions League final since 2006.
The influence of Salah and Mane in Liverpool is undeniable, as the numbers say that they scored 54 goals between them, in addition to the decisive passes, but the problem of the wage structure remains, which may make their departure have consequences for the club’s ambitions to continue at the top of the competition in various tournaments.
The report concluded that it would be best for Liverpool, if Salah and Mane’s departure were confirmed, to leave them partially, so that the Senegalese international would leave this summer, and then let Salah leave in 2023, even if he would leave for free.