Mo Salah's heir is already here, Liverpool have extraordinary regen

A spectacular winger is Mo Salah's regen and he's already at Liverpool.

The Egyptian King is going to be moving on this summer. Liverpool have agreed an extraordinary parting of ways that will see Salah depart for pastures new.

Where? Who knows. Not even Salah himself will be fully aware of his plans at this stage. He deserves to continue to play at the highest level - so he could easily stay in Europe for a little bit longer.

Salah is an icon at Anfield and he's still one of the best players in the world. Replacing him is never going to be easy. In fact, it's going to be impossible.

There just isn't anyone in world football who can fill his boots. Not Michael Olise, not Yan Diomande. In the years to come they may come close but not right now.

However, Liverpool may not even have to look that far.

There is already an ideal successor coming through the ranks, who joined the Reds' first-team earlier this year in order to showcase his talents to Arne Slot at just 15-years-old.

Crucially, he plays in a very similar style to Salah, making him his perfect heir.

It's very rare that Liverpool give teenagers an opportunity to train with the first-team. It's even rarer that they give that opportunity to a 15-year-old.

Even the likes of Rio Ngumoha and Trent Alexander-Arnold 'only' trained with the first-team after they had turned 16-years-old.

Perhaps the only player who had trained with the first-team at a similar age was Raheem Sterling, who was an incredible talent during his time at the academy.

It is those footsteps that young Joshua Abe is following in. The youngster trained twice in two weeks with the club's first-team back in February.

This was an opportunity for Slot to get a closer look at Abe, and there is an expectation that he will be involved in more training sessions in the future - although for now he is ruled out of the season with an injury.

Pre-season though could be an opportunity for him to make his mark - especially in Salah's absence.

Liverpool have regarded him as one of the brightest young talents in the academy for a while now. Abe has been at the club since pre-academy days.

During the last-year or so, fans have been very keen to get a closer look at him after his heroics on England U15 duty. Now it looks like Abe is finally here and we may be seeing clips of him in those first-team training videos very soon.

For those who want to see more of him, he's been on fire in the U18 side this season.

Abe has played eight matches for the academy and he has eight goals, three assists and one penalty won, averaging a goal or assist every 58 minutes on the pitch.

Those are remarkable numbers for a player at this level, let alone someone who is not even a first-year scholar yet.

What makes Abe so special is that he is very similar in profile to Salah.

He's left-footed and he loves to come inside and get into goal-scoring situations. He is also terrifying when he cuts onto his left foot from the right.

If you look at some of the goals he has scored this season, they are very Salah esque in their delivery. His output, too is up there with prime Salah, and even better than Rio Ngumoha at the same age.

We've seen the exciting rise of Ngumoha over the course of the last 12 months, and Abe looks destined to follow.

So, it feels like the stars are aligning for Liverpool. Salah may be on his way out, but Abe is on his way in and he looks destined to take the Egyptian's throne.

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