He's the next Mo Salah! Coach shows who will replace Liverpool star | OneFootball

There's a new Mohamed Salah and he could replace the Egyptian at Anfield.

The Egyptian’s departure signals the end of an era for Liverpool, and finding a replacement will be one of the club’s biggest challenges in its modern history

Salah hasn’t just been a top player, he’s been the heartbeat of Liverpool’s attack for years, delivering remarkable consistency in front of goal that has made him the stand-out player in the Premier League and the face of the Reds.

What makes him so hard to replace is his sheer output. Season after season in the Premier League, he has produced elite numbers for both goals and assists, often deciding tight games with moments of individual brilliance.

Whether cutting inside, making runs in behind, or finishing instinctively in the box, Salah is far more than a traditional winger; he’s a complete forward.

He single-handedly held down the right-wing position at Liverpool since he arrived in 2017 - for almost a decade.

Now the club have to find their next right-winger and it won't be easy.

Replacing a player like this is not going to be easy. You could argue it will be impossible.

But Liverpool don't have to replace him completely. They already have.

When it comes to sheer output, Alexander Isak will be Liverpool's answer to replacing Salah's goals. The Swede has that same hunger and appetite to score.

And he has been consistently delivering over the years in the Premier League. His season at Liverpool has been marred by injury, but Isak will be back, you can bet your house on that.

Liverpool merely need to replace Salah's absence on the right-wing, and they can do this by way of evolution.

What Liverpool will be looking to do is to bring in a young attacker with flair and one vs one ability - something Arne Slot's side lack at the moment.

So many names have been floated about, but the answer may be a player who resembles Salah according to the Egyptian's former coach.

Speaking after Juventus' victory over Genoa, Luciano Spalletti highlighted the performance of Francisco Conceição and compared him to an 'early' Salah.

"The comparison with the early Salah is appropriate. Conceição is still a young player; he has things to learn. He needs to convince himself that he can also play more centrally," Spalletti said in his press conference.

"Out wide, he becomes unmarkable because he is truly very strong.

"As a winger, he is one of the strongest I have ever seen. He has this intensity and aggressiveness in one-on-one situations that is hard to contain. Today as well, he delivered a large number of balls for the team."

Spalletti worked with Salah at AS Roma, so he's perfectly qualified to make this statement on Conceição, and it's why Liverpool should have their interest piqued.

The 23-year-old Juventus winger has been linked with Liverpool recently. Based on the comaprisons to Salah and the way Spalletti describes him as a one vs one specialist, Conceição feels like the perfect profile for what Liverpool now need in the post Salah-era.

So, it feels quite natural that he will be the one to replace Salah at Anfield.