The duration of Salah’s absence hinges on Egypt’s progress in the competition, raising concerns about his availability for Liverpool.
With Salah’s departure scheduled after the January 1 fixture against Newcastle United, manager Jurgen Klopp anticipates a challenging period and emphasizes the need for alternative goal-scoring contributors to fill the void left by the star striker. Klopp is optimistic about finding viable solutions within the team to maintain Liverpool’s competitive edge during Salah’s temporary absence.
“Each long-term plan I could have had depends massively on who is available. So why should I think in October who I can use when Mo is away, when I have no clue who is available?
“We have solutions today and I hope we have that after Newcastle as well. It is not the first time, it is a really very average situation that you lose your goal scorer.
“But we had it even worse in the past when both Sadio [Mane] and Mo left. We always came through it. Traditionally at least one of them went far in the tournament at least, which makes it even worse.”
We have to get through this,” said Klopp. “We know the Africa Cup of Nations appears and Mo has to go. So we have to deal with it, that was always clear. Now with Endo we have a participant of the Asian Cup as well. We knew it and now we have to deal with it, and we will.”
