Mohamed Salah has been enjoying a brilliant season with Liverpool and he continued the form with another goal against Ipswich Town on Saturday afternoon.
However, Salah is yet to finalise a new contract with the Reds and might leave for free in the summer. Ongoing discussions between the Egyptian representative and Liverpool have failed to yield positive result.
With Salah’s future still in the news, Jamie Carragher has suggested that Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo could be the perfect successor for the Egyptian forward.
Mbeumo has scored 14 goals and provided three assists this season. He added to his tally by scoring from the spot in Brentford’s narrow 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford celebrates scoring his team’s first goal from the penalty spot during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace FC and Brentford FC (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
With Mbeumo not looking like he’ll slow down on his future, Carragher has lauded his talent on Sky Sports: “You feel with Brentford signings or Brighton because they’re ahead of the game, everyone is always a little bit, ‘what do they know that we missed?’
“You see them do well at those clubs then you think can they do a job for our clubs? They’re ahead of the game for bringing them in, the metrics and he’s certainly one of them.
“I think of my old club with the situation regarding Mohamed Salah, a left-footed player on the right side, who can fit the bill? He is someone whose name that always crops up because of his ability and the club he is at.”
“The things they look at are probably similar to Liverpool. Huge fan of his, huge problem and he caused Liverpool huge problems last weekend.”
Arsenal and Manchester United have also been tipped to move for Mbeumo but Brentford boss Frank is confident he will stay with the club. The Bees value their prized asset at around $73million (£60million).
He said recently: “It would be that big a fee (to tempt a deal) that I can’t imagine the size of the fee. I’m not even focused on keeping the best players, I’m just expecting them to stay.”
