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Hello and welcome back to the Lowdown where today Dougie Critchley and Michael McCubbin are joined by Sky Sports’ Senior Football Journalist Pete Smith to discuss Liverpool’s excellent start to the season and the futures of their out of contract superstars.
The Reds find themselves in the unique position of several of their best players, namely Mo Salah, Virgil Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, being out of contract at the same time, meaning they could all leave for free this summer.
If that is the case, they’ll need to sign some quality replacements and today we discuss whether Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise or Real Madrid’s Rodrygo could replace Salah’s extraordinary output? If Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni or Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba could step in for Van Dijk? And finally whether Spurs’ Pedro Porro or Germany superstar Joshua Kimmich would be best suited to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s role?
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00:00 – Intro
01:23 – The situation at Liverpool
06:47 – Is Mo Salah a Premier League great?
12:45 – Who could replace Mo Salah?
26:31 – Will Trent Alexander-Arnold leave?
32:00 – Replacing Trent…
43:30 – Who could step in for van Dijk?
53:07 – Final thoughts
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33 Comments
Who would be your dream replacement for Salah, Van Dijk and Trent if they were to leave?
(Dougie)
To say the standard of game is better now to the 00's is only true in the sense of skills and training. The enjoyment of games then was higher due to there being so much less nonsense with VAR and player diving, faking and 'dark arts' that soils the game for many fans. It's not as objective as you claimed, and that undertow of dissatisfaction needs to be recognized more by the media. No shade on the argument for Salah, he's up there with the very best, but stop playing to a young-only audience with some of these ridiculous statements.
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Salah – Olise injury prone, not suited with Liverpool competition intensity; Rodrygo good shout, potential Salah output, hard to get from RM
Decision: Keep Salah
Trent – Kimmich good option, good coverage for multiple positions & stop gap, add another leadership in stacked national captains, but with high salary cap; Bradley to keep RB position, suited more Slot style, potential Northern Ireland captain
Decision: Release, sign Kimmich
Van Dijk – Still have many more years in him, CB no need speed and agility with increasing age, only need stable partners to keep team defensive solidity
Decision: Keep Van Dijk
*The club would be more busy to manage other positions next summer.
LB need another signing as Robertson can’t keep consistency; Backup CB as Konate injury prone, Gomez wanted transfer as first team starter; DM to see if they still want Zubimendi; ST if they still to keep injury prone Jota, wonder if Nunez can evolve to high output goalscorer; RW prospect as future Salah replacement
The Rodrygo shout makes zero sense. He's right-footed, Salah is our only left-footed forward, it's non-negotionable.
I totally trust Conor Bradley to take over from Trent! I don’t think we seriously have a perfect replacement for Virgil yet BUT Quansah could potentially be trained & taught to be the next VanDjk with more time & experience behind him. & Salah CANNOT!!! I REPEAT CANNOT be replaced! Period!!! He is 1 of a kind & 1 of our all time great best players EVER!!! If not “THE BEST!” I think he is quite underrated & unappreciated….To be honest I feel absolutely disgusted & embarrassed with & for our Board!!! The way they are treating Mo now after everything he’s done for Liverpool F.C. I really feel for him & just think our board are a disgrace @ the minute. Just with everything he’s done the goals, the assists & even completely turning “must win” games around in our favour to Win!! He’s only 32 years old, fit as a fiddle & @ the top of his game YET we’re treating him like he’s 62 years old NOT 32 years old! I genuinely can’t think of anyone who could replace Salah he IS our Superstar!! & we need him going forward💯 Sorting a new contract out for him is a must! It should be the clubs MAIN priority & it should have already been done & boxed off! If we allow him to leave in the summer especially for free would be an absolute disaster & is absolutely Criminal! & if I could have one wish just one…..it would be for me to be able to speak to Liverpool F.C.’s hierarchy & ask them what the actual Fxxk are they doing & thinking??? Cos I am completely baffled @ how they could have allowed us to fall in to this disaster of a position!🤔🤯 & WE as fans I believe we deserve to know as to WHY this BS is happening to us!! It’s not like Salah has dropped off he’s smashing it already this season he’s @ the very top of his game I don’t no what the hell is going through there heads I really don’t! BUT what I do no is that all this is starting to look like & be the proof that FSG don’t give a sxxt about Liverpool F.C. they don’t wanna spend in the transfer markets & they don’t even wanna pay for the quality players we already have! They should sell our beloved club to someone who is gunna care about our club & its players & nurture the club looking after it properly with great care!! Salah 💯needs to be treated properly for what he’s achieved with the club & for the club, & deserves a lot more respect from our board! If they let him go a long with Virgil & Trent realistically they would need to spend well over 100-150 million to spend on so called replacements! Our board need to sort their heads out & quick!!! & I also think Arne Slot could push & do a bit more to try force these contracts to be made!
Kimmich leaving Bayern to go to Liverpool to play RB is absolutely delusional and clueless
I think Kimmich is a good shout since we already have Connor Bradley as the long term RB. Having quality experienced players is always good
Only person I would want to replace Salah is Lamine Yamal, I’m aware that will never happen though
Get frimpong from Leverkusen to battle with Bradley
Would love to see Cubarsi come in, with maybe Branthwaite for VVD (need 2 youngsters to cover the workload imo) – konate can take over as the captain of the back line
Salah…. Musiala, Leroy sane, Rodrygo Nico Williams… You're not going to replace him, it has to be some kind of alternative with their own remit…!
These guys play a few seasons on Football manager and all of a sudden they think they can say who Liverpool should sign lmfao Sky Sports Is going down hill massively who even are these people they dont look like they have ever played a game of Footbal in their lives.
As a Liverpool supporter: Keep Mo at all cost. He is one of the most outstanding players in PL history. Try to keep Virgil, too. If necessary, let Trent go. He is phenomenal, but Conor Bradley has shown what he can do and Slot is not utilising Trent in the same way as Klopp did.
If I was tasked with replacing all 3 I’d go with Guehi, Kimmich, & Sesko or Gyokeres. I want Bradley to replace Trent so Kimmich provides experience as back up while also being an incredible option in midfield, also free so FSG will be happy. Guehi is homegrown, experienced in the prem & i think he can go up a level although Schlotterbeck would be the dream option. Salah is too hard to replace so instead I want chiesa/ diaz/ Jota to replace him & for a striker to be signed who’ll score 20+ goals.
He said that his lowest goals tally in a season in the premier league was 18. Which is false because he failed to score at all in one season
I think that Olise is the ideal candidate and Rodrygo is such an awful choice. Tapsoba is a great choice to succed Virgil , hes a monster ! For TAA Liverpoll has already Conor Bradley but Frimpong would be great
Ugh was clamoring for Olise this summer. Only if
You guys are doing a great job, but you’re only considering players base on there reputations, to me I think AMAD DIALLO or PSV BAKAYOKO will perform more salah like Dan everyone you’ve mentioned so far, and also for van dijk sporting DIOMAMDE or Chelsea DISASI is the perfect replacement for him.
Liverpool better keep both Van Dijk and Salah other wise it will be all she wrote we be going down. We can get away with not signing Trent even thou he is our jewel.
Kudus will be the one
I see Liverpool keeping VVD and salah , Trent is gone . Liverpool will get Omar marmoush to add goals , Nunez will be sold, liverpool will get a LB , Bradley will replace Trent . Also you don’t have to replace like for like, to get salah’s output.
Conor Bradley for Trent. I would try keep hold of VVD and Salah but if we had to then raid the Man City decline for Gvardiol and get Mbuemo, and who knows maybe Chiesa will be the guy
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Porro cost Tottenham 45mil plus levy would want a lot more then 60mil..because he isn't so easy to replace
Porro is not a bad defender..need to check his numbers
Where are they getting this money?
Ill just kms
Once I heard Rodrygo I switched off. He can't get a regular game for a team Liverpool just decimated. He's doing what he does for Madrid in la liga
Feel like people are overlooking Marmoush as a Salah replacement. With the performances he's giving, links to Liverpool, and them both being Egyptian you would think they'd mention it.
Let's see how many poor takes we can fit into one video, well done lads that is some going!
get Viktor Gyökeres then a controbuting right wing
I hate how when its united or Liverpool people say names like Bellingham and vini. When its arsenal people say names like locatelli and coman. Im not saying they are bad players, just obviously not on the level of jude or vini.
hincapie and wirtz from Leverkusen and the 2 stars from Frankfurt larson and the egyptian.
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