Richard Hughes' monumental Mo Salah error has cost Liverpool at least £70m
Liverpool's Mo Salah contract disasterIf Salah were able to maintain his standards from the first two-thirds of the 2024/25 season it would be one thing.The forward ended up delivering 29 goals and 18...
Richard Hughes' monumental Mo Salah error has cost Liverpool at least £70m Liverpool's Mo Salah contract disaster If Salah were able to maintain his standards from the first two-thirds of the 2024/25 season it would be one thing. The forward ended up delivering 29 goals and 18 assists in the Premier League alone - maybe the best-ever individual campaign in the top flight’s history. But how sustainable was that form really?
Salah was showing signs of slowing down - or being isolated - as early as the Paris Saint-Germain elimination in the Champions League knockouts and the EFL Cup final defeat to Newcastle. Hughes is paid handsomely to weigh up these decisions and act accordingly. He’s failed.
Salah hasn’t been at his best this season - and was even at one stage banished from the squad owing to a high-profile fallout. Whether that’s from a terminal decline or misuse however is still very much up for debate. But Liverpool offered Salah a pay-rise from his already wallet-busting deal- with some reports claiming he is making even more than £400k per week.
Over the course of a two-year contract that represents over £40m in wages alone before bonuses and other add-ons are factored in . Do you see any wingers at the top level who will be making that kind of money on their 35th birthday? £20m in wages + £50m transfer fee wasted Hughes however tied Liverpool into that contract - stretching what is already English football’s highest wage bill even further.