With Senegal defeating Egypt and winning the African Cup of Nations, Mane and Salah finally ended the African Cup of Nations, although in the past period of time, Klopp's team has maintained a very good state, and has not been separated by the departure of the two generals, and Takushi Minamino, Jota and others have also played very well. But as the sprints into all competitions, Klopp needs to prepare more personnel reserves for the team to face the next game. Mane and Salah, on the other hand, are key to their ability to accomplish their goals this season.
In the next game, Liverpool's opponents are still relatively strong, whether it is Inter Milan in the Champions League, or Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester City and other teams that will face in the league, they are very powerful teams, and it is not easy to win the game. Perhaps as the game progresses, Klopp will selectively abandon the League Cup and FA Cup matches in the next matches. Of course, it is not a complete abandonment, but to give more opportunities to substitute players and young players, if you can get the victory of the game is of course better, but if you can not get the game to win and be eliminated, it is not an unacceptable situation.
In addition to the choice to face the game, Liverpool and Klopp may also face a more serious choice, that is, Salah's contract extension. Although the African Cup of Nations match made Salah's contract extension silent for a while, but this problem still needs to be solved, the current news confirmed by many English media is still Salah wants to stay in the team, but Liverpool must give a salary that is "respectful" enough, that is, a weekly salary of 400,000 pounds. If this price is accepted by Liverpool, Salah will become the highest paid player in the Premier League and one of the highest paid players in world football.
Having introduced Liverpool's salary structure many times before, Salah is already one of the highest paid players in the team, of course, he is also one of Liverpool's best players at present, scoring 16 league goals this season and delivering 9 assists, making him one of the best players in the Premier League. But the candidate for the premier league's best player, the salary is only in the middle of the entire Premier League, which is also the biggest reason why the player wants to raise his salary. But once the 400,000 pounds of weekly salary is paid, Liverpool's salary structure will be fully increased, whether it is Van Dijk, Mane or even Arnold and other players will ask for salary increases one after another, which is Klopp's biggest concern and the situation that Liverpool do not want to see.
So if the renewal negotiations don't make progress, Salah is likely to leave Liverpool at the end of the season to choose a team that can give a sufficient salary. As for which team will join, it also depends on the signing situation of other teams, such as the previously rumored Real Madrid, once the combination of Haland Garmbap is introduced, it is difficult for them to bring in Salah, but if only 1 person is introduced, Salah may choose to join. As for teams such as The Greater Paris, they are still in the contact stage and have not made real progress.
In addition to salah's possible departure, Martial, who was loaned to La Liga in Serbia during the winter transfer period this season, said in a recent interview that he had been invited by Barca and Juve, but both chose to refuse, the biggest reason is that he wants a stable starting position, and the two teams cannot meet their requirements. In Manchester United's matches this season, Martial has not been able to get much playing time, which is the main reason for his departure, and the loan choice of Serbia is also taken into account.