Fowler Wants Liverpool To Cash In On Salah

Liverpool are enduring a miserable defence of their Premier League title and Sunday’s 1-0 loss at home to relegation-threatened Fulham capped a sixth straight defeat at Anfield, leaving them eighth on the table.

Many are of the opinion that Jurgen Klopp will need to overhaul his squad this summer to get Liverpool challenging for honours again.

Salah has been imperial for Liverpool once again this season, scoring 24 goals in 38 appearances across all competitions.

The Egyptian has however expressed admiration for Real Madrid and Barcelona while voicing his discontent at Liverpool’s decision not to hand him the captaincy in their final UEFA Champions League group stage game against Midtjylland back in December.

Fowler is of the opinion that Liverpool should sell Salah if he is unhappy to generate money for transfers just as they did with Philippe Coutinho in January 2018.

The former Reds striker told The Mirror: “I’m not having a go at Salah - I love him to bits - but I truly believe that transfers now are largely about what players want, so the ball is in his court not Liverpool’s.

“If he wants to go, then he should go. If a player wants to leave, we have to accept it’s in the mix. I’m a firm believer that if they are unhappy and want to be going, then they should be going. Jurgen Klopp has said the same, too – he doesn’t want anyone at the club who doesn’t want to be there.

"It is my belief that was his attitude with Philippe Coutinho. He agitated for a move. Liverpool turned it down in the summer because it didn’t suit them financially and in terms of bringing players in, but they did the deal in January and used the money to buy Virgil van Dijk and Alisson.

“Klopp didn’t want Coutinho because he thought his attitude wasn’t right, and he didn’t want that poison in his camp in the end.

“So if Salah is truly ­unhappy, if he is upset he hasn’t been given a new contract or whatever, then cash in, get as much as you can for him and use the money to make tweaks with the current team.

“I’m a fan of Salah, obviously, who wouldn’t be, but Liverpool didn’t miss Coutinho that much, did they?

“It turned out that he wasn’t quite so good as people thought anyway – the system he was playing in made him look better.

“Perhaps that’s the same with Salah. You’d miss his goals, but is it possible to find someone better – not necessarily as a direct ­replacement, but in strengthening the team as a whole?”