Liverpool urged to swoop for PSG talent and replace Mohamed Salah

Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey has identified PSG winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as the ideal replacement for Mohamed Salah should the Egyptian leave Anfield this summer

Mohamed Salah could leave Liverpool this summer(Image: Getty Images)

Former Liverpool forward Emile Heskey has suggested that Paris Saint-Germain's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia would be the perfect replacement for Mohamed Salah, should the Egyptian superstar depart this summer.

Salah is entering the final year of his contract at the end of the season and netted his latest Premier League goal in November when the Reds triumphed over Aston Villa 1-0 at Anfield. The No. 11, who ranks third in the club's all-time scoring list, has only seven goals across all competitions, marking the lowest tally of any of his nine seasons at this stage of the campaign.

With Salah set to turn 34 in June, rumors have been swirling about interest from the Saudi Pro League.

Should Liverpool decide to cash in on a player who has been the Reds' top scorer every year since 2018, Heskey, a member of the Gerard Houllier squad that clinched the FA Cup, UEFA Cup, and League Cup in 2001, believes PSG's Georgian winger Kvaratskhelia is the man for the job.

"I remember someone asking me a few years back, 'Would you have liked to play with Mohamed Salah?' I said probably not," Heskey told OLBG.

"I'd probably prefer to play with Trent [Alexander-Arnold] because I know he's going to cross the ball for me. Mo's not going to cross. Mo wants to score goals. We've gone from wingers who want to provide to wingers who want to score goals.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is one of the most exciting wingers in Europe(Image: Getty Images)

"If we're talking about replacing Mohamed Salah, and I think as fans you've got to look at something different because you can't replace Mo Salah.

"I remember one season I was speaking to someone who said Mo's had a bad season. He'd scored 25 goals. I'd love to have had that bad of a season! We're talking about someone scoring 20 plus, nearly 30 goals a season for 10 years.

"I think we've just got to look at something different, and it might not suit the manager anyway to have someone like Mo Salah. He might want to change the formation.

"I know that he was talking about a 4-4-2 diamond midfield and not having high and wide wingers, and that would need something different.

"I don't think you can replace Mo Salah, but I do like the lad from PSG, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. He would be my go-to."

Heskey then asked: "Would Jarrod Bowen be a downgrade from Mohamed Salah?

"I think most players are a downgrade compared to Salah but to be honest with you, Bowen is a different type of player and he would probably help the formation because he's going to work a little bit harder than Mo.

"I'm not saying Mo doesn't work hard but Bowen has a different work rate and work ethic because he's coming from West Ham and before that the lower leagues. It's totally different."