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New Liverpool plan revealed as Mohamed Salah replacement may already be at the club

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Andoni Iraola will make some huge decisions over his roster of available players next season, as the Liverpool boss looks to get the most out of those at his disposalMohamed Salah in action for Egypt at the World Cup.(Image: Andrew J. Clark/ISI Photos via Getty Images)Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola faces some huge decisions ahead of the new season, as he looks to turn the team around from last season's disappointment and look ahead to a new era.The summer has been mostly about change, with Arne Slot making way for the arrival of the Spanish coach, who is looking to transform the team with a different style of play.Out with the old slow, possession-based approach, and in with the high-energy, high-intensity style that has won over so many Liverpool fans in recent years. shThe other key change has been the loss of Mohamed Salah, who called time on his nine-year spell at Anfield this summer with the mutual termination of his contract.It marks a huge departure for the Reds, even though his performance levels had dipped, with the club having to look elsewhere to replace his output and leadership qualities.While change has been a theme of the summer so far, the same cannot be said when it comes to the roster available to Iraola, which will largely stay the same.Given last summer's transfer splurge, there isn't the same ability to go for several new additions, instead looking to fine-tune the options within the team while relying on the manager to bring more out of those currently at the club.Liverpool is yet to sign a replacement for Mohamed Salah(Image: (Photo by Jack Thomas/Getty Images))It makes any approach to replacing Salah awkward, and while talks are ongoing for Bradley Barcola to become that successor, it's fair to say that he prefers the left wing instead of the right.With that in mind, when it comes to options on the right, Sky Sports reports that Jeremie Frimpong is being considered as a more advanced option on the flank.The plan may be to deploy the Dutch international there, following his struggles at right-back, while new summer signing Victor Munoz is also touted as a possible option on that side of the pitch.It's a move that could be backed up by Rio Ngumoha, who has featured on the right flank for England earlier this summer, as well as for Liverpool in preseason.However, it may come as a controversial switch that may bring about questions on Frimpong and his place in the team, and what the Reds can do at right-back.There have been issues in that position, with Frimpong's injuries, combined with Conor Bradley's long-term problem, that could leave that place short heading into the new campaign.Then there's questions over how Salah may be replaced, with his quality clearly missing over the past season, and now unavailable moving forward.