Can Liverpool keep Mo Salah?

Mo Salah has scored 36 times this season and is the leading goal scorer in the Premier league with 28 goals, Harry Kane is second with 24 goals. These impressive stats will inevitably lead to interest from the elite clubs such as Real Madrid who are reported to be interested in replacing Gareth Bale with Mo Salah. Salah signed a 5 year contract with Liverpool in the summer but as football fans are aware this does not mean Liverpool will not sale. Philippe Coutinho demonstrated that if you publicly state that you no longer want to play for the club you can get your own way regardless of the contract you are obligated to follow. Liverpool have struggled to keep their best players in recent times such as selling Luis Suarez, Raheem Sterling, Philippe Coutinho, Fernando Torres (although Torres was past his best) The main motivation for leaving Liverpool for these players was to win trophies and every player listed above has achieved this aim. If Liverpool sell Mo Salah this trend will continue as if they lose their best players on a regular basis other world class players will not be attracted to the club.

The Liverpool owners FSG have a net spend of 20.8 million this is not the sign of ambitious owners, although Virgil van Dijk was signed for £75 M, from Southampton this was after the transfer of Coutinho for €120 M, from Liverpool to Barcelona this could have been done to portray to the fans that they are willing to spend big money on players. Overall if Mo Salah is willing to cause disruption to the team, to show his desire to move to a bigger club, history suggests he will get his way as Liverpool eventually will back down to his demands.