Mohamed Salah and Jurgen Klopp (Images by Carl Recine, Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool reportedly had Antony in thoughts as a possible switch goal to switch Mohamed Salah whereas he was nonetheless at Ajax again in the summertime of 2022.
Antony appeared an thrilling younger expertise throughout his interval within the Eredivisie, and maybe issues might have continued to go nicely for him if he’d ended up at Anfield fairly than Manchester United.
Nonetheless, as per the Instances, it appears Liverpool didn’t comply with their curiosity up at the moment, with Antony as a substitute making the transfer to Outdated Trafford for a whopping £82million.
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Barring a outstanding turnaround for Antony below new United supervisor Ruben Amorim within the coming weeks, it’s protected to say the Brazil worldwide is more likely to go down as one of many all-time most spectacular Premier League flops.
Antony in Man United coaching (Picture by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool’s former supervisor Jurgen Klopp could nicely have gotten extra out of the participant, however for now Reds followers will simply be respiratory a giant sigh of aid that this deal didn’t occur.
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As an alternative, LFC stored Salah and he’s continued to be a world class performer for the membership, although after all they nonetheless have some points to resolve there as he’s nearing the tip of his contract.
Who might Liverpool look to as a alternative for Mo Salah now?
Salah will likely be extraordinarily troublesome for Liverpool to switch, so it’s clear the Merseyside giants might want to do all they’ll to influence the Egypt worldwide to decide to a brand new deal.
Failing that, their recruitment group may also have to do lots higher with their expertise ID than choosing out one other participant like Antony, who has struggled badly in English soccer.
The 24-year-old is not a daily within the United first-team, and one imagines he is likely to be on his method out of the membership quickly.
That might nonetheless be a little bit of a fear for Liverpool, although, because it might imply United are additionally available in the market for a brand new winger who’d be precisely what Arne Slot wants if he finally ends up with a Salah-shaped hole to plug.