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Liverpool want deal for €45m forward to replace Mo Salah

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Liverpool will be waving goodbye to Mohamed Salah at the end of the current season. The Egyptian King, 33, is drawing the curtain on a glorious nine-year spell on Merseyside. Salah and sporting direct...

Liverpool want deal for €45m forward to replace Mo Salah Liverpool will be waving goodbye to Mohamed Salah at the end of the current season. The Egyptian King, 33, is drawing the curtain on a glorious nine-year spell on Merseyside. Salah and sporting director Richard Hughes have agreed to rip up the forward’s £400k per week contract - which was due to run until 2027.

Focus will soon turn on which player will come into the club to replace Salah - who has won the Champions League and two Premier League titles with Liverpool among other honours. And if a report in Sports Boom is to be believed then an emerging talent from the Belgian league could be on club recruiters’ radar as a back-up option to Salah's ultimate successor. Karetsas wanted as a back-up option Konstantinos Karetsas is making a name for himself at Genk - and is now wanted by all of the Premier League’s leading lights .

“The Greek international is under contract until 2029,” the report reads. “Therefore, for Genk to sell him, they will need to be fully satisfied financially. “Their demands are very clear: a starting price of €45 million, but effectively in the form of an auction.

“Who is interested? The answer is simple: some of the biggest clubs in the Premier League,” the report continues. “Manchester City are monitoring him as an option behind Semenyo, especially if Savinho departs.