“Someone really special” - Jamie Carragher suggests Liverpool already have ‘ready-made” Mohamed Salah replacement at Liverpool 

Jamie Carragher has named Harvey Elliott as the ideal replacement for Mohamed Salah at Liverpool. The Reds legend claims the youngster is ready for being a part of the starting XI and will cement his place soon.

Salah is still in contract talks with the Anfield side and is not close to penning a new deal. The Egyptian claims he has asked for something 'reasonable', but the club are refusing to accept his terms.

Speaking to Goal ahead of Liverpool's Champions League Round of 16 clash against Inter Milan at the San Siro, Carragher lavished high praise on Elliott. He indicated that he could fill in for the Egyptian if he were to leave or be unavailable.

"You have someone really special here, maybe in terms of Mo Salah's replacement, if that's the position he plays in. Whenever Mo Salah goes, maybe you've got your ready-made replacement. Mo Salah is getting to 30 now and we're all desperate for him to sign a contract. Maybe not the same type of player, but a guy that plays on the right and comes in on that left foot. Maybe he'll be more creative or maybe he'll get less goals, who knows, but he's definitely a special player and, in the next 18 months, he'll have to find a position for him in the team because players of that quality have to play."

Elliott joined Liverpool from Fulham in 2019 and has made 16 senior team appearances for Liverpool, scoring one goal and giving two assists. He impressed on loan at Championship side Blackburn in the 2020-21 season, scoring seven goals and providing 11 assists in 42 games across competitions.

He returned to Liverpool at the start of the current season and scored a goal in a recent 3-1 FA Cup win over Cardiff City.

Liverpool's future secured by Jurgen Klopp?

Another former Liverpool player, Danny Murphy, has claimed Klopp has already secured the club's future as per the Daily Mail. He believes Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz, along with Elliot, will be replacing Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, and Roberto Firmino in the attack.

"When you look at the youngsters Klopp is bringing in, you can see he is trying to mix things up and change things a little bit. Luis Diaz looked tremendous [against Leicester], you've got Harvey Elliott on the way back, Curtis Jones is getting back to his best, Ibrahima Konate is young, Jota is firing in goals. You can see it's a bit of a long-term plan going on with Liverpool at the moment."

Luis Diaz joined the Reds from Porto in a £40.5 million deal and has impressed with his gameplay in the three matches played so far.

Diogo Jota is firing on all cylinders in the league with his 12 goals in 23 games. He is second only to his Egyptian teammate in the goalscoring charts this season.

Klopp is yet to decide his future, but he does have a couple of years left on his current contract.