Liverpool have been linked with various wingers in current weeks as Arne Slot is anticipated to herald a recent face or two with Mohamed Salah going through an unsure future on the membership.
Whereas his speedy future does lie at Anfield, the Egyptian worldwide has been broadly anticipated to depart for Saudi Arabia upon the expiry of his contract subsequent 12 months and understandably, he’ll go away a large gap within the Liverpool squad the place he has been so influential through the years.
Actual Sociedad ahead Takefusa Kubo is the most recent to be linked with a transfer to Merseyside as Salah’s repalcement, in keeping with TeamTALK (who cite Japanese supply Sponichi).
The Reds are ‘getting ready to bid’ £55 million for the previous Actual Madrid winger, as per the report, which is a sum barely greater than his launch clause on the Reale Enviornment. A switch payment that prime would go on to make Kubo the costliest Japan worldwide to this point.
TeamTALK (citing Spanish outlet Diario Sport) has additionally stated that Liverpool have ‘drafted up’ a £240,000 per week deal for Kubo ought to they handle to strike an settlement with Actual Sociedad. Salah is the one participant in Arne Slot’s aspect who’s at present incomes extra.
Kubo will not be the most effective substitute for Salah
Takefusa Kubo is an unbelievable expertise, however he’s solely 23 and the numbers he has produced lately usually are not sufficient to render him as a dependable sufficient long-term substitute for Mohamed Salah.
Final season, the ex-Barca academy starlet scored simply seven targets and assisted 5 instances in all competitions. For the document, he had lower than one-third of Salah’s 39 objective contributions through the 2023/24 season.
Liverpool have been linked with the likes of Dani Olmo and Nico Williams, in addition to Actual Madrid’s Rodrygo over the current previous. They’d all be way more suited and skilled to exchange a participant of Salah’s calibre, although a switch for any of the three gamers might price greater than Kubo’s.
It additionally stays to be seen whether or not or not Liverpool plan to persuade Salah to remain past 2025 on a short-term deal however in both case, Kubo doesn’t promise to be probably the most preferrred long-term substitute.
