The fallout from Mohamed Salah 's postmatch comments at Elland Road has added another layer of drama around Liverpool 's troubled season. A January exit is now genuinely a possibility for the Egypt international, but the club's hierarchy will be under no illusions about how hard it would be to replace him midseason.

The 33-year-old forward has 250 goals and 116 assists from 420 games over the last eight years for Liverpool, and numbers like that can't be matched by routine additions in the transfer market. Long-standing targets such as AFC Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo or Newcastle United's Anthony Gordon may fit broader squad-building plans in the long term, but neither has the level of output Liverpool would be forfeiting if Salah walks.

Replacing him would require signing so

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