According to steve Nicol Mohamed Salah should be replaced with £45m player while he’s away at AFCON

In order to cover for Mohamed Salah while the Egyptian is on international duty, Steve Nicol has identified the Liverpool player he would insert into the attacking line.

With Mohamed Salah expected to reunite with the Egypt team in the upcoming weeks with AFCON 2023 scheduled to conclude in mid-February, many will be worried about the Reds.

In his last four games, Salah has scored four goals. As of right now, he leads the Premier League in goals scored and assists earned. He thus creates a huge void in Jurgen Klopp’s team.

Steve Nicol supports Diogo Jota as Liverpool’s offensive substitute for Mohamed Salah.

The good news for the Reds is that they currently have an abundance of options for offence. Additionally, Steve Nicol stated on ESPN that he will invite Diogo Jota in addition to Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.

There’s just no other way to put it than that he will have difficulty reaching his ambitions. However, the truth is that they have players with the talent to score enough goals to win games. And I don’t believe anyone can contest that,” he remarked.

The truth is that they must now go and take that action. However, Klopp now has options for talented players who can find themselves in scoring positions. Salah is the one player, sadly for Klopp, who you can always count on to score when he finds himself in a scoring position. You can’t say that with anybody else on the front lines, I suppose.

“Diaz would be on the left, Nunez would be in the middle, and Jota would be on the right.”

Portuguese will be desperate to make up for lost time

Jota missed a month of action starting at the end of November, but she is still working her way back up to full fitness. However, since his return, he has undoubtedly had an influence.

At Turf Moor, the Portuguese goal against Burnley sealed the victory. And on Monday, he helped Liverpool defeat Newcastle by providing an assist. The £45 million player was also the one who won the penalty kick that ended up securing the win.

In fact, Jota is tied for second place among Liverpool’s goal scorers in the Premier League this year. And that’s even though the 26-year-old has only made eight starts in the premier league thus far.

He might lessen the impact of Liverpool losing Salah, who is undoubtedly the finest player in the Premier League right now, if he can stay healthy for the next six weeks.

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“What a Boy and What a Player,” said Klopp.

The Japanese midfield player has truly established himself with the team, but sadly, international duty calls.

Following Liverpool FC’s 2-0 road victory against Burnley, manager Jürgen Klopp gave particular recognition to midfielder Wataru Endō. The Japanese midfielder recently reached a unique milestone in terms of consecutive appearances and has appeared to be very at ease lately.

Today is Liverpool's 5th game in 13 days – and Wataru Endo is the only player to start all 5 of those games.

Endo is the first outfielder to start 5 games in 13 days for #LFC since January 2006, when Finnan, Carragher, Hyypiä, Gerrard, Kewell, and Crouch all did so. #BURLIV

— Michael Reid (@michael_reid11) December 26, 2023

During the post-match press conference, our manager discussed Endō’s recent performances as follows:

“I must admit, I really enjoyed this game. It’s unfortunate that after finding his footing, he is now off to the Asian Cup, but that’s life. What a player, what a youngster, and how very significant. We have to play without him at least in January, but he is present when we play Newcastle. The boys then depart, so we’ll have to figure out another route. However, I am very glad for him right now. Although it took him some time to truly demonstrate his abilities, I’m glad that we can now witness it.

Monday’s match against Newcastle United will be Wataru’s final before he leaves for Japan’s AFC Asian Cup training camp. The team, one of the favourites going into the tournament, will be captained by Endō. Iraq, Vietnam, and Indonesia are among its group members.

If they made it to the final, he would miss seven games:

– the FA Cup tie at Arsenal

– both legs of the EFL Cup semi-finals against Fulham

– Premier League games against Bournemouth,  Arsenal, Chelsea, and Burnley

Wataru, best of luck. We’ll see you when you return