Liverpool Will Already Be Thinking About Life Without Salah And Mane – David James

Liverpool should not be pressured into upping their contract offer for Mohamed Salah, David James has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the Reds will have replacements lined up for the Egyptian and Sadio Mane if they decide to leave them leave, so there is no reason for LFC owners to outdo themselves to finance any deal.

David added that Liverpool fans will want both players to stay, but the club won’t go against its contract principles.

His words, “As a Liverpool fan you want them to stay. You want your best players to stay and they have proved themselves as two of Liverpool’s best players.”

“I would suggest that the Liverpool model and recruitment strategy is that they anticipate the players being there at the same time as anticipating them not being there. With the latter, they will anticipate the next acquisition – like [Luis] Diaz coming in during January. They will already have something in place, then you have to look at the individuals.”

“I think the fact that Salah hasn’t signed the contract that has been offered, I don’t think he should or would get a better offer because Liverpool will have that as part of their model. Then it is down to the player.”

“Of the two, I think Mane is more suitable to go, having achieved everything. He has won all the domestic trophies with Liverpool, he’s won the Africa Cup of Nations. His stock as an individual is – he could win the Champions League this weekend – I don’t think his stock can get any higher. You can’t begrudge any player for taking advantage of that.”