With Mohamed Salah leaving Liverpool in the summertime, one former Red feels Michael Olise could be the perfect replacement, though a switch may not be too simple
Michael Olise has been touted as a possible goal to switch Mohamed Salah(Image: EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)
Vladimir Smicer has recognized Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise as the perfect candidate to fill Mohamed Salah’s boots at Liverpool this summer season.
The 2005 Champions League winner believes Salah will depart Anfield as “one of the greatest players” ever to have represented the membership, following a glittering nine-year spell on Merseyside.
Salah confirmed in a social media video final month that the present marketing campaign might be his final at Anfield, having reached an agreement for the final year of his contract to be waived. The Egyptian leaves as the membership’s third-highest goalscorer in historical past, trailing solely Roger Hunt and Ian Rush, with the No.11 presently standing on 256 targets.
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During his time at Liverpool, Salah has claimed two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, and in addition featured within the squads that secured two League Cups and the 2022 FA Cup, experiences the Liverpool Echo.
Smicer, who made 184 appearances for the Reds between 1999 and 2005 — together with the well-known Champions League conquer AC Milan through which he acquired on the scoresheet — believes Bayern’s Olise is the perfect match to usher in a brand new period at Anfield.
“We’ve seen Liverpool struggling on the flanks, with the wingers,” Smicer told BetVictor, who supply the most recent World Cup betting.
“We misplaced Luis Diaz, and Mo Salah will not be at his normal commonplace this season. We want a very good winger, particularly now we all know that Mo Salah is leaving.
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“Michael Olise is the identify that I like, he is an excellent younger participant, he is 24, he has expertise within the Premier League, he is aware of the league, that is so vital.
“He’s playing really well for Bayern Munich, it’s going to be tough to find an agreement with them, we know that. But Olise at Liverpool would be very special.”
Turning to Salah’s enduring influence at Anfield, Smicer added: “We had so many good players at this club that we could have a lot of statues around the city.
Mohamed Salah will depart Liverpool this summer season(Image: Getty Images)
“Of course, Steven Gerrard and Mohamed Salah, these two guys, had been leaders, had been top-class gamers, world-class gamers, and they’re particular.
“It’s difficult to compare them, but of course, there is the legacy of Stevie G. He’s been a local lad, played his whole career for Liverpool. He definitely had chances to leave, but he always stayed.
“Mo Salah’s statistics are simply unbelievable. Everyone anticipated him to attain 20 or 30 targets yearly and took it without any consideration. But it isn’t that simple. I believe he is the best winger ever to play for Liverpool, that is for positive.
“He will get the respect he deserves. If it’s a statue or something else, I don’t think it’s that important, but he will stay in the hearts of the people and the players as one of the greatest ever players for Liverpool.”
