Liverpool eye right-footed replacement for Mohamed Salah to get the best out of Alexander Isak – UK Times

Liverpool are looking at wingers they feel would create chances for Alexander Isak as they try to find a replacement for Mohamed Salah and discover a solution to their biggest buy’s lack of goals.

The £125m signing has only scored four times in 21 games for Liverpool since his British record transfer from Newcastle last summer.

Isak had a prolific partnership at St James’ Park with Jacob Murphy in 2024-25, with the Swede scoring seven goals that were assisted by the right-footed right winger.

In comparison, Salah is left-footed and likes to come infield and shoot, while Slot suggested Liverpool are missing the delivery from the right flank of Trent Alexander-Arnold, who joined Real Madrid last year.

And Slot wants more of a supply line to Isak when Liverpool look to bring in a successor to Salah, who will leave in the summer.

He said: “That is definitely part of thinking about the replacement 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. 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.”