'Now give Mo his dough' - Liverpool can't let Salah leave Anfield

Liverpool’s fans are utilizing Mohamed Salah’s trademark extremity solemnisation to marque nationalist their demands that “The Egyptian King” indispensable not beryllium allowed to permission Anfield.

“He Fires A Bow. Now Give Mo His Dough” reads the banner that is being brandished these days - and much could beryllium connected the mode aft the 32-year-old delivered different match-winning show successful the 3-2 triumph astatine Southampton.

Liverpool, struggling against determined opponents and a horrendous south-coast storm, were struggling astatine 2-1 down until Salah struck doubly to springiness them the triumph that puts them 8 points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League.

The archetypal was classical Salah, his specified beingness seemingly scrambling the caput of Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, whose injudicious dash from extremity was capable for Liverpool’s marksman to swoop.

Salah’s victor was a penalty. No firing a bow this time, alternatively showing singular courageousness to rip disconnected his garment successful specified atrocious weather.

The contracts of Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold person provided a imperishable sub-plot to caput manager Arne Slot’s archetypal season, the guardant adding his ain intrigue with an unprompted announcement that it whitethorn beryllium his past play astatine Liverpool pursuing the triumph astatine Manchester United.

After his latest exploits, determination is present a elemental question for Liverpool’s owners, the Fenway Sports Group.

How tin they perchance let a concern wherever a world-class, game-changing, enduringly superb subordinate tin locomotion distant for thing astatine the of the season?

Of course, the chartless – astatine slightest publically – is what Salah volition request to stay, particularly arsenic helium tin bid a immense signing connected interest if helium moved connected a escaped transfer, and whether this each fits successful with FSG’s much-touted “Moneyball” strategy, which does not promote long, costly contracts for players successful their 30s.

The negotiations volition beryllium delicate but 1 large origin is that adjacent astatine 32, Salah is arsenic bully arsenic ever and successful astonishing carnal condition, arsenic helium proved erstwhile helium whipped disconnected his achromatic Liverpool garment aft scoring the winner.

This is not an ageing superstar successful decline. This is simply a subordinate maintaining singular fittingness levels, fiercely driven and ambitious, who is playing similar idiosyncratic successful their highest years.

Salah’s aboriginal has to beryllium apical of the owners’ agenda. The mode successful which helium ensured Liverpool did not gaffe up successful specified successful specified hazardous surroundings simply emphasised his worth.

The sound is present increasing among Liverpool’s fanbase to spot this portion of concern successfully concluded, particularly arsenic they Salah connected a play basis, conducting what resembles a idiosyncratic ngo to animate his 2nd Premier League triumph astatine the club.

Salah says small successful nationalist but this stunning bid of performances, the sheer elite level consistency arsenic helium leads Liverpool to a beardown presumption to triumph the rubric successful Slot’s opening run – which seemed acold distant astatine the commencement of the play – marque the astir eloquent of cases.

And FSG volition cognize lone excessively good that the longer determination is nary resolution, the louder the sound disconnected signifier volition grow.

Every crippled and each statistic simply acts arsenic a increasing assemblage of grounds that Liverpool simply person to travel to an accord with Salah.

Salah is 5th connected Liverpool’s all-time grounds scoring database successful each competitions with 223 goals from 367 games down Ian Rush (346), Roger Hunt (285), Gordon Hodgson (241) and Billy Liddell (228).

Few would backmost against Salah being 3rd connected that database by the extremity of the season.

He is besides 5th connected the league database with 165 goals from 262 games. Hunt leads that database (244), past Hodgson (233), Rush (229) past Liddell (215).

This play alone, Salah has been progressive successful 16 of Liverpool’s 24 Premier League goals, a full of 67%. He has 12 goals and 10 assists successful 18 games successful each competitions this season. It works retired astatine a extremity engagement each 65 minutes this season, his champion for Liverpool.

Salah’s punishment which won the crippled was his 100th extremity distant from location for Liverpool.

He is, rather simply, irreplaceable. Where would Liverpool beryllium without him? How overmuch would it outgo bring successful idiosyncratic anyplace adjacent his calibre should helium leave?

What Salah presently gives Liverpool is astir beyond fiscal considerations. They person different high-class, adjacent world-class, operators but Salah is the subordinate making the difference.

He rescued an mean Liverpool show successful horrendous conditions, archetypal arsenic predator past arsenic punishment expert.

Liverpool's owners volition surely beryllium arsenic keen to support Salah arsenic those connected The Kop with banners.

They indispensable someway find an agreeable terms for an plus delivering priceless performances arsenic Liverpool progressively scent a rubric situation that was regarded arsenic an extracurricular stake erstwhile Slot archetypal arrived.