Liverpool should ‘cash in’ on Mo Salah to fund rebuild just like they did with Coutinho, claims icon Robbie Fowler
LIVERPOOL should sell Mohamed Salah and re-build their squad in the same way they did after Philippe Coutinho left, says Reds legend Robbie Fowler.
Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a remarkable sixth home loss in a row on Sunday as Fulham heaped more misery on the Premier League champions.
And Fowler, who is sixth in Liverpool’s all-time top scorers list, feels it is the right time to cash in on the Egyptian superstar in a similar fashion to how they secured £105million for Coutinho in 2018.
Speaking in his column for The Mirror, he said: “I’m not having a go at Salah. I love him to bits.
“But I truly believe that transfers now are largely about what players want, so the ball is in his court, not Liverpool’s.
“If he wants to go, then he should go. If a player wants to leave, we have to accept it’s in the mix.
“I’m a firm believer that if they are unhappy and want to be going, then they should be going.
“Jurgen Klopp has said the same, too – he doesn’t want anyone at the club who doesn’t want to be there. It is my belief that was his attitude with Philippe Coutinho. He agitated for a move.
“Klopp didn’t want Coutinho because he thought his attitude wasn’t right, and he didn’t want that poison in his camp in the end.
“So if Salah is truly unhappy, if he is upset he hasn’t been given a new contract or whatever, then cash in, get as much as you can for him and use the money to make tweaks with the current team.
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“I’m a fan of Salah, obviously, who wouldn’t be? But Liverpool didn’t miss Coutinho that much, did they?”
Salah was substituted by Klopp during Liverpool’s defeat to Chelsea in midweek.
And he then cheaply gave away possession to allow Mario Lemina to strike the winner for Fulham at Anfield on Sunday.
Liverpool are now four points off a Champions League place and have played more games than all of those around them.