12 Feb 2023 18:47:56
Read online we may be willing to let Mo go for around £70mil.

I am not asking Ed’s or anyone if true, what I am asking my fellow supporters is would you take it?

Personally think we have had the best of Mo now, the clock is running down and possibly time to get the new blood in, £70mil is good money and should get a replacement of good quality.

{Ed025's Note - and who do you think will pay £70m for a 30 year old on over £300k a week who has seen his better days exactly?..

1.) 12 Feb 2023
12 Feb 2023 19:44:02
I think the report was talking about PSG.

Myself, I have no idea - I wouldn’t pay it if I was a Manager.

If someone offered it though, I would take it.

2.) 12 Feb 2023
12 Feb 2023 20:43:05
Not that I believe it but I read £50 million. Highly doubt PSG would pay it plus wages to be fair.

3.) 12 Feb 2023
12 Feb 2023 20:52:59
He did have that meeting with the PSG chairman which could of course be entirely innocent and unrelated. I sincerely doubt we’d get £70m. I think we’d be lucky to get £50m in the same way Mane wasn’t going to command top whack. It’s going to be a very painful summer I suspect. I don’t think he’ll be the only one of our better players looking to jump ship either as it needs a lot of money to fix all our issues and our dear benefactors don’t have the resources or interest in the club to put it right.

4.) 12 Feb 2023
12 Feb 2023 21:16:21
@Ed025 It’s obvious - Chelsea ?.

{Ed025's Note - surely not even them would be that silly WDW..

5.) 12 Feb 2023
12 Feb 2023 21:44:12
A Saudi league club would pay £70 million and more. They would love to have Mo in their league.

6.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 01:20:59
There would be loads of teams that would be in for Mo he’s literally worshipped in Egypt and all over North Africa. A huge commercial signing of nothing else.
I’d imagine the Saudi’s especially would be all over it!

7.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 07:01:49
yes I would take 70mil. His contract extension, to me, will be one of our worst bits of business. FSG should be praised for going against the grain with that deal, but I wish we had stuck to the principles and let him go when his value was the highest. Hard to see how he lives up to the remainder of his contract, especially while he is being paid almost in congratulations of what he had already accomplished. didn't seem like a recipe of success for me.

8.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 07:14:34
Hi Ed025.

I fully understand 70m for a 30 year old is crazy. but let's be honest here, it isn't as crazy as someone else somewhere, will buy the GOAT known as Harry Maguire from Utd.

So why not.

{Ed025's Note - they could make a film about it JLCBM "when Harry met Salah".. :)

9.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 08:38:11
Yeah but that but you were paying for his potential return. Mo has arguably reached his peak, so to think another club would pay $70mil is a bit hopeful. I wouldn’t hesitate for a second if that offer came in.

10.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 09:19:49
Juventus paid more than that for an older Ronaldo on higher wages.

The Mane deal was low because he had a year left on his contract also.

Salah would easily fetch £60-70m from a club like PSG, Bayern, Barca, Madrid etc. Would've included Juve too but, oops!

11.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 09:29:29
"When Harry met Salah! " Made me chuckle, Ed025. Thanks for that, mate. You're obviously in good form today and looking forward to tonight. Hope you're well.

12.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 09:38:44
Mk, mate, that's Ronaldo lol and he paid it back with near-on 30+ goals each season for Juve. I'm not sure you can compare Mo's career at the same stage, profile and expected output over the next 3 years. It's not comparable.

13.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 09:59:03
If it wasn’t for Salah our top scorer would be someone who hasn’t been fit since November.

14.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 10:10:16
Just because Salah is highly valuable to us, doesn't mean he'd be the same elsewhere. He's been remarkable for Liverpool but do others really put him on such a high pedestal?

15.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 10:24:17
Salah scores about 30 a season and is one of the most marketable players on the planet right now. I don't think he'd fetch the same as Ronaldo did, just used that as an example that just being older doesn't diminish your value entirely. I literally estimated a price 40% lower than what Ronaldo went for when he was 3 years older "lol".

{Ed001's Note - you mean the price that Juve inflated it to? You do realise they just got docked 15pts for lying about transfer fees and falsely inflating the amounts right? So you can forget any reported fee for any Juve player, they will be a complete lie.}

16.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 10:45:44
If we do decide the time is right to sell him, my choice for a replacement would be Marcus Edwards or Michael Olise. Olise has potential to be really special, he'll never be as prolific as Mo but he's the kind of player who can cut through a stubborn defence.

17.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 12:08:04
When Harry met Salah ??????

Nice Ed.

Good luck tonight Ed, we're going to need it ?.

18.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 12:38:42
I'd take it, I was disappointed that he was handed a mega bucks contract. He's lost his mojo, he's predictable, not going past defenders, his first touch is worse than a barn door, gives the ball away too often, terrible passing ability and his decision making is woeful. He is one of the main contributing factors to our poor run of form. (but if he scores a hatrick tonight, I'll take him for a kebab in my local)

19.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 18:13:40
Wanted to say thanks to all for the comments, really appreciate everyone’s thoughts and also those of the Ed’s - especially When Harry met Salah - that’s priceless ?

It will be interesting to see how / if it unfolds at the end of the season.

I too think £70mil is quite a stretch for all reasons mentioned.

Thanks everyone ?.

{Ed025's Note - your welcome mate..

20.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 19:44:57
Salah is one of the most marketable players on the planet? Sorry, I don’t see it myself. I think his marketability shines brightest in the eye of Egyptian and Liverpool supporters but don’t see that transfer across the world.

21.) 13 Feb 2023
13 Feb 2023 19:46:56
Who do we replace Salah with folks. Because a fully fit Nunez, Gakpo and Jota are no where near as good as a 30 year old Salah.

22.) 14 Feb 2023
14 Feb 2023 23:52:40
That’s a 23 year old Nunez and a 23 year old Gakpo and a 26 year old Jota (who is probably the best instinctive finisher at the club as things stand. They are the future of the club. Mo had an absolute purple patch of about 18 months to 2 years when he was absolutely outstanding and nobody (least of all defenders) could touch him. He isn’t the future for the club. If an offer of 70m, to use the number pulled out of the air for this thread, was offered, we’d be very foolish not to give it serious consideration.

As an aside, I know Darwin is rapid but it seemed for the first goal that Cody G, had his ar$e in gear too. I was surprised at his speed.

23.) 15 Feb 2023
15 Feb 2023 15:28:41
Gakpo is rapid. It just doesn't look it because his strides are massive so his legs don't move as quickly. I said when we signed him he reminded me of Bobby and yesterday he really showed that. He holds onto the ball so well. Much prefer him central and Nunez left.

24.) 15 Feb 2023
15 Feb 2023 22:10:11
Got to see that Salah's reign with us is done, I would have preferred to sell him last summer and kept Sadio happy if that was an option. Some mix of Diaz, Nunez, Gakpo and Jota will be our front 3 and that sounds great.
Would love the freedom of wages to allow us to make a big signing elsewhere as well.

Still gutted we didn't take the £150m+ that was reported for Salah a few years back. He is a great player, but elevated by our system over the years.

25.) 16 Feb 2023
16 Feb 2023 21:31:07
Form is temporary.