Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has made a surprise Merseyside derby admission after joining Steven Gerrard as the leading scorer in the fixture

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has made a surprise Merseyside derby admission after joining Steven Gerrard as the leading scorer in the fixture

Mohamed Salah could not help but smile and laugh when shown a video with one specific comment from his old Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

Mohamed Salah could not help but smile and laugh when shown a video with one specific comment from his old Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool travel to Old Trafford to face bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, with a number of players absent from the clash of two Premier League giants

Liverpool travel to Old Trafford to face bitter rivals Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, with a number of players absent from the clash of two Premier League giants

Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has urged his old club to make a move for Robert Lewandowski in the summer

Anthony Gordon began his professional career at Everton, but has been repeatedly linked with a move to rivals Liverpool

Liverpool are preparing to face Manchester United in the Premier League

Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch has urged his old club to make a move for Robert Lewandowski in the summer

Anthony Gordon began his professional career at Everton, but has been repeatedly linked with a move to rivals Liverpool

Liverpool are preparing to face Manchester United in the Premier League

Paul Gorst's weekend Blood Red column assesses whether Liverpool need to target some experience and leadership in the upcoming transfer window

Paul Gorst's weekend Blood Red column assesses whether Liverpool need to target some experience and leadership in the upcoming transfer window

Arne Slot says the time to properly judge Liverpool's season will be at the end of the campaign as Manchester United lie in wait on Sunday

Arne Slot says the time to properly judge Liverpool's season will be at the end of the campaign as Manchester United lie in wait on Sunday

Liverpool is losing Mohamed Salah this summer, with Arne Slot yet to see the best of Swedish forward Alexander Isak since his big-money move from Newcastle last yearPaul Gorst Liverpool FC correspondent and Matt Addison Liverpool FC Reporter

22:35, 01 May 2026

Alexander Isak during a Liverpool training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Arne Slot says Liverpool will need to get more out of its $169 million (£125 million) striker Alexander Isak next season in order to cope with the loss of Mohamed Salah, who is leaving after nine years.

The deal that saw Isak arrive at Liverpool from Newcastle on September 1 was a British record fee, but a lack of match sharpness and then a broken leg have meant that the Swede is yet to get going in a Reds jersey.

Remarkably, it was only last weekend that he scored his first Premier League goal at Anfield, netting the opener in a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace that edged Liverpool closer to confirming a Champions League spot.

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"[Getting the most from Isak] is definitely part of thinking about the [Salah] replacement," Slot said. "Because since I have been here — and it is the same at a lot of clubs — it is mainly a left footer on the right and a right footer on the left.

"I have seen Alex scoring also a lot from crosses which were played from the right, right footed — Trent Alexander-Arnold crosses, if you want to call them like that.

"So that is definitely part of how we are looking at things, but we try to sign the best possible available player who we can afford.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot during a training session.(Image: Nikki Dyer - Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

"Something else which also happens at certain clubs is: ‘OK, that is the best player in the world in that position, let’s try and get him.’

"That is not how we work. We try and sign the best possible player who is available for us."

Salah is not the only player who will leave Liverpool this summer. Andy Robertson is set to depart as well, with Slot's roster set to be light of two huge members of the squad in terms of leadership and experience.

"I think the transition hasn't been completed yet," Slot added. "And by that I mean this cycle, the players that won the Champions League and Premier League with Jurgen [Klopp].

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"I think if you look now, it might only be Virgil [van Dijk] and Joe [Gomez] contracted to the club. So, yeah, again this summer, as a minimum of two will leave, so you can say you are at the end of a transition, there's still a transition to be done.

"We know Hugo [Ekitike] will be out for a long, long time. We haven't used Alex [Isak] this season hardly, so there is a lot to win and improve with this group of players we have now and next season.

"We all know the longer a team plays together, the better they get. That makes complete sense, and this summer will see a few changes again because Robbo and Mo are already leaving the club."

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Arne Slot says getting the most from Alexander Isak will form part of the thinking when it comes to replacing Mohamed Salah

Arne Slot says getting the most from Alexander Isak will form part of the thinking when it comes to replacing Mohamed Salah

Trent Alexander-Arnold has been speaking about his former teammate, Mohamed Salah, ahead of the Egyptian leaving Liverpool this summer after nine years with the Premier League side

21:10, 01 May 2026

Trent Alexander-Arnold of Real Madrid.(Image: Jose Luis Contreras/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trent Alexander-Arnold says Mohamed Salah has matched Steven Gerrard at Liverpool ahead of the Egyptian departing this summer after nine years at the club.

Now at Real Madrid, Alexander-Arnold won every major trophy in the club game alongside Salah when they were at Anfield together, and he had some kind words for the 33-year-old forward ahead of this weekend's trip to Manchester United.

"For me, I have always said Stevie is the number one, but I would put them both in the number one spot now, for sure," Alexander-Arnold said in a video message for Sky Sports.

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Speaking on the same video, Andy Robertson, who is also leaving Liverpool this summer, added: "He came in for not a massive transfer fee from Roma and nobody expected him to do what he did. But there was one person who did, and that was himself."

Salah will miss out on playing at Old Trafford for a final time because of a hamstring injury. But he says he will be back in time to face Brentford in the last game of the season in the absolute worst-case scenario.

Alexander-Arnold was among a number of people, including Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland and Declan Rice, to send a message of congratulations to Salah ahead of his summer departure.

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Jurgen Klopp also sent a heartfelt message to the player that he brought to the club in 2017. Salah has gone on to score 257 goals for Liverpool and he will hope to further add to that tally this month.

"Wow. Time flies. You leave with a smile on your face, and you leave loved by so many people," Klopp said.

"The best thing you can do is to work hard and put everything in, so that when we meet in the future — in five, 10, 15, 20 years — we look back and share the best memories of our lives."

Salah's old skipper, Jordan Henderson, was also a part of the video. The pair won everything together before he left to sign for Al Ettifaq in 2023.

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"As time went on, his confidence grew," Henderson explained. "Then what that does is create a culture where everyone starts to step up."

Salah said in a TNT Sports interview with Steven Gerrard — the manager who signed Henderson from Liverpool — that he wants Reds fans to give Henderson a belated send-off.

Henderson left unexpectedly and was therefore not afforded the celebration of his Liverpool tenure before his exit. However, he is now at Brentford, who the Reds play in their final match of the campaign.

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"You know how passionate he is and how much he loved the club," Salah said. "I really wish that the club can do something for him and the fans also, because this is Liverpool and we do it this way."

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