Liverpool are currently in a clash with star winger Mohamed Salah over his long-term future at Anfield and Mark Lawrenson has blamed Manchester City and Jack Grealish for the unwanted situation.
Manchester City’s Jack Grealish blocks a shot from Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (
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Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has blamed Manchester City star Jack Grealish for the Reds’ problems in getting star striker Mohamed Salah to sign a new Anfield deal.
The Egyptian striker won the Premier League gold boot for the third time in his career this season with 23 goals, a recognition he shared with Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-Min. Salah’s contract expires at the end of the 2022/23 season, and although Liverpool have held talks with the former Chelsea and Roma striker to extend his word, no progress has been made.
Some fear that Salah may follow his fellow African star Sadio Mane as he leaves, with the Senegalese winger announcing his intentions to leave Liverpool last week. Lawrenson believes the move that saw City sign Astrea Villa’s Grealish for £ 100m last summer, which led to him becoming one of England’s highest paid players, has fact that Salah was asking for a similar salary, which Liverpool do not seem ready to do. In the present.
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“Salah is absolutely and totally there with the best. He plays on the right and with the left foot and scores goals for fun. I don’t remember Liverpool having a player like that before. It’s almost a guarantee of goals if you have Mo,” he said. tell 888 Sport (as reported by the Daily Star).
“And that’s why it’s a very delicate matter to do with him. Some fans are, how much money do you want? Pay him that. But the real problem started when City signed Jack Grealish for £ 100 million and everyone knows his salary.
Mohamed Salah (
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“Mo’s agent probably thought, well, if Grealish goes for 100 million pounds, my boy, who is a much better player and scores tons of goals, should be at least what Grealish is. “But obviously they have different things. Terms and conditions in City.”
Although Salah’s season saw him score 36 straight goals in 35 league games, the same cannot be said of Grealish. The winger scored just three goals and offered the same number of assists in 26 Premier League appearances.
However, Grealish averaged a free kick won every 34.9 minutes last season, with only Crystal Palace duo Wilfried Zaha (27.3) and Jordan Ayew (30.7) missing. more often (minimum 25 appearances).
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During the 2021/22 season, Salah entered the Premier League’s exclusive list of players to score 100 or more goals in the 30-year history of the competition.
With 120 Premier League goals in his name, Salah is the 20th highest scorer in Premier League history and is also the highest African player on the roster, followed closely by Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane (111 ).
Grealish remains the most expensive player ever signed by a Premier League club, and the deal is also a British record.
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