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The Liverpool move that could change everything starts with Salah

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Even a Champions League place for the Premier League’s fifth-place team this year might not be enough to book Liverpool’s spot next season.Now comes the news that Mohamed Salah will depart Liverpool at season’s end. It’s not just the eye test that he’s failing either — his xG rating has been in the 20s every season since he joined the Reds, but this year it has yet to crack double digits.Mohamed Salah could still play a crucial role for LiverpoolHowever, it says here that the legendary winger isn’t completely washed.



While Slot still roams the touchline for Liverpool, he can still give Salah a shot in the arm before he goes and give the team a chance to make a charge in the league and in Europe. He should convert Salah into a center forward.Liverpool’s much-vaunted transfer activity from last summer hasn’t borne the fruits everyone expected.

Number 11 may not have the speed that he used to, but he still knows how to coordinate his movements with his fellow forwards. His time at AS Roma wasn’t the most effective, but he played as a second striker/attacking mid there, so occupying the middle and finding space there isn’t foreign to him.The schedule still holds big games for Liverpool, with an FA Cup tie against Manchester City and a Champions League tilt with Paris St.-Germain next.