Here it is, Liverpool's choice to replace Mo Salah is now official

Liverpool's Mo Salah replacement just became clear.

Liverpool have backed themselves into a corner this summer. Not by accident, either. This is a situation entirely of their own making.

Everyone knew the right-wing market was going to be brutally difficult. It's arguably the weakest position in world football right now. There simply aren't many elite right-wingers available and the handful who do exist are either untouchable or would cost astronomical fees.

Liverpool knew all of that. They also knew exactly what they had in Mohamed Salah. Yet they still agreed to let the greatest right-winger in the club's history leave a year before his contract expired.

That decision has left Richard Hughes and the recruitment department staring at what feels like an impossible mission. Because replacing Salah isn't just difficult. It's impossible.

You don't replace a player who guaranteed 30 goals and 20 assists season after season. You don't replace someone who rewrote Liverpool's record books, delivered every major trophy imaginable and somehow managed to remain one of the world's best players well into his thirties.

Those players simply do not exist. Normally, you'd at least hope to find someone capable of getting close. But that's where the market makes this even more complicated.There isn't an obvious successor.

The likes of Michael Olise are completely unattainable. The few other world-class options are tied down at clubs with absolutely no interest in selling. Liverpool have been linked with several exciting young talents, but they're exactly that - exciting talents. None arrive with the expectation of replacing Salah's production from day one.

And yet Liverpool cannot avoid this problem. Signing a right-winger isn't optional anymore. t's the biggest priority of the summer.

Andoni Iraola's system relies on pace, direct running and relentless attacking intensity. Liverpool simply cannot head into the new season expecting to recreate Salah's influence without bringing in another specialist on that side.

Every target will inevitably be compared to arguably the greatest player Liverpool have ever had in that position. Every performance will be measured against impossibly high standards. It's an unenviable task.

But perhaps that's exactly why Liverpool appear to be thinking differently.

The club have never been afraid to move before everyone else. They've built their best teams by identifying players before they became global superstars rather than chasing established names.

Maybe that's the plan again. Maybe that's why Liverpool have stayed patient despite the obvious need. Because if there really is no suitable replacement available, perhaps the Reds aren't looking for one at all.

Liverpool's plan to replace Mo Salah

Perhaps they're preparing something altogether more breathtaking.

A plan nobody has seen coming.

Well, according to Sky Sports that's exactly what they are planning to do but it's not what you'd expect. Sky Sports are claiming that Liverpool's plans to replace Salah could be from an unusual source.

They claim that with Bradley Barcola, Cody Gakpo and Rio Ngumoha all preferring to play on the left-wing, Liverpool will look to use Jeremie Frimpong in a more advanced role and add that Victor Munoz is also capable of being deployed on the right side.

That plan is simply incredible. It's really hard to fathom that this really could be the plan.

Frimpong has looked unconvincing in his Liverpool spell so far. Munoz is a promising talent but he also prefers to play on the left. So, if as this report claims this is the plan going forward for Liverpool, then there are some serious concerns.

Liverpool had so much time to prepare for a Salah successor and find a right-winger even in this difficult market. The fact that they are now pressing ahead with these plans is just sheer incompetence.