John Barnes questions Mohamed Salah over impact of Liverpool exit timing

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesMohamed SalahLiverpool legend John Barnes has questioned the timing of Mohamed Salah announcing his exit and believes the Reds should focus on midfield and defence rather than expensive replacementsMohamed Salah will leave Liverpool this summer(Image: Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images)Liverpool icon John Barnes has raised concerns about the timing of Mohamed Salah's departure announcement - and reckons the Reds ought not to fork out enormous salaries when finding his successor.Salah revealed last week his Anfield chapter will close at season's end, bringing down the curtain on nine years during which he's collected numerous team and personal accolades and climbed to third on the club's all-time scoring list.The announcement arrives during a season where both the 33 year old and Liverpool have fallen well short of expectations while defending their Premier League crown.READ MORE: Who is Lamine Camara? "He's been one of the best players Liverpool have ever had."In the Premier League, he's up there with Thierry Henry and whoever you want to mention as one of the best players the Premier League has ever seen.Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool on a free at the end of the season(Image: Getty Images)"(But) I don't think it was good timing from him.

I think we should have really got to the end of the season and then he left, rather than announcing it now, because I don't think that necessarily helps. (Liverpool have) Ekitike and Isak, we've got Ngumoha, we've still got Gakpo."I don't feel that we necessarily have to replace him, because I don't think that the solution is to go and get another player to give him £400,000 a week to replace Mo Salah."We have enough strikers, we have enough attackers.

That's really what we have to do. So I don't think we have to go and replace him necessarily.