Despite the departure this summer of the man who was their coach for almost 10 years, Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool was able to recover quickly. Arriving to succeed the German, Arne Slot was able to capitalize on the latter’s work and bring his touch to put the war machine on the banks of the Mersey back into battle order. Leader of the Premier League with five points ahead of Manchester City, Liverpool is also at the top of the group of 36 teams in the Champions League with 4 victories in 4 matches. A brilliant first part of the season which does not prevent the club from preparing for the future.
Already ensuring the arrival of Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili (24 years old) who will arrive next year from Valencia, the Reds also have a few players in their sights. This is the case of the French Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) and Rayan Cherki (Olympique Lyonnais). However, if arrivals are expected, departures cannot be ruled out. Indeed, three senior players will reach the end of their contract in June 2025. We find Trent Alexander-Arnold (26 years old), Mohamed Salah (32 years old) and Virgil van Dijk (33 years old). The first was launched into the eleven at the dawn of the 2016-2017 season, the second arrived from AS Roma during the 2017 summer transfer window and the third came in the winter of 2018 from Southampton.
Difficult to extend everyone
The three men are among the five oldest at Liverpool along with Joe Gomez (arrived in the summer of 2015) and Andrew Robertson (recruited in the summer of 2017). Executives who have experienced the Reds’ main successes such as the 2019 Champions League and the 2020 Premier League. It is difficult to see all three of them leave the club in the same summer and the Reds are actively working to extend them despite multiple interests. Real Madrid are eyeing Trent Alexander-Arnold while Saudi Arabia are not letting go of Mohamed Salah to make him an icon of their championship.
Wanting to extend everyone, Liverpool is working on the three files and trying to find compromises as explained The Telegraph. It won’t be easy to give everyone what they want. Younger, Trent Alexander-Arnold (26 years old) represents the future of the club and it will be easier to protect him than for Mohamed Salah (32 years old) and Virgil van Dijk (33 years old), who are approaching the last part of their career. Because yes, Liverpool’s room for maneuver will be reduced.
By increasing the price of its tickets by 2%, Liverpool was able to increase its revenue by around 1.9 million euros over the last year. A great financial operation which nevertheless remains not very popular with supporters and which only corresponds to one month’s salary of Mohamed Salah for example. The next sponsorship contract that Liverpool will carry out could be useful to finance its extensions, but it will have to be played carefully. Either see your payroll explode and take financial risks in order to preserve your legends or sacrifice one or two elements to better preserve the others.
