Liverpool look to finally sign €80m long-term target to replace Mo Salah
The future of Mohamed Salah has been one of the biggest talking points at Anfield this season.
After delivering one of the greatest individual campaigns in football history last season, the Egyptian King has failed to live up to the high standards he has set across his Liverpool career.
The Reds’ system has caused problems for all of their wingers, but it does feel as though Salah’s time in Merseyside is almost at an end.
Replacing one of the best players the Premier League has ever seen will be no easy task, but according to a fresh report Liverpool have already identified the man for the job.
Liverpool reignite pursuit of former target to replace Salah
Talk of Salah leaving Anfield has been rife for years, especially with the unwavering interest from Saudi Arabia over the past few seasons, and so his replacement has been speculated about for a long time.
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One of the names most frequently linked with an Anfield switch is Takefusa Kubo, a player who Liverpool have been monitoring since Jurgen Klopp’s time at the club.
Now, according to Spanish outlet Fichajes, the Premier League champions are ready to returned for Kubo and are complete a near €80 million deal for the Japan international this summer.
The report states that the Reds’ recruitment team feel that Kubo fits the profile of right-winger they are searching for, and that Salah's exit could accelerate the club’s long-held interest in the 24-year-old.
Despite missing a sizeable chunk of the season, Kubo has contributed to almost a quarter of Real Sociedad’s La Liga goals this campaign.
The winger finished last season as the club’s second highest goalscorer and is regarded by some in Spain as one of the league’s top attacking talents.
Kubo isn’t the only option on Liverpool’s list, with Yan Diomande, Michael Olise and Nico Williams among the players also linked with Merseyside moves.
The Japanese forward is clearly someone the Reds have admired for a while, and Salah’s departure could be the catalyst for Liverpool to finally go and get him.
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