Liverpool legend, John Barnes has come out to say that Salah’s future at the club will not be decided by the team’s EPL position at the end of the season. He recently revealed that he expects transfer talks surrounding the Egyptian regardless of Liverpool’s league standing.
According to him, what goes down on the pitch doesn’t decide the future of players anymore, as is the case with Kevin de Bruyne who hasn’t signed his contract extension with Manchester City yet, despite the likelihood of him winning the Premier League with them.
He added that Liverpool wouldn’t want to lose any of their players in the transfer window, especially Salah, who has been very important for the club.
His words, “No matter where a team finishes in the league, it will never stop a player’s head from turning against them. In the last year, despite Liverpool being Premier League champions, there has been talk of Mohamed Salah leaving the club,”
“I believe the players currently at Liverpool are players that want to be playing for Liverpool, but if they don’t, winning the league or finishing in the top four, it won’t make them stay – that’s just the nature of modern football.”
“There’s talk of Kylian Mbappe leaving PSG, players leaving Real Madrid and players leaving other top teams; Kevin de Bruyne hasn’t signed his contract extension with Manchester City yet, despite the likelihood of him winning the Premier League with them. So, finishing in the top four won’t make Salah want to stay and if they don’t finish in the top four, it won’t make him want to leave.”
“Liverpool wouldn’t want to lose any of their players in the transfer window, they are all important. Mohamed Salah has been excellent this season, but Sadio Mane has been fantastic also.”
“He (Salah) has been scoring plenty of goals, but Mane has been equally as good in terms of his hard work, both defensively and in creating chances going forward. There isn’t a single player Liverpool can afford to lose.”
“They don’t want to lose any of their best players, but I wouldn’t say that Mohamed Salah is the one player they can’t afford to lose.”
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