Michael Olise 'agreement' verdict reached as Liverpool told perfect Mohamed Salah replacement

With Mohamed Salah leaving Liverpool in the summer, one former Red feels Michael Olise would be the perfect replacement, although a transfer might not be too easy

Michael Olise has been touted as a potential target to replace Mohamed Salah(Image: EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

Vladimir Smicer has identified Bayern Munich's Michael Olise as the ideal candidate to fill Mohamed Salah's boots at Liverpool this summer.

The 2005 Champions League winner believes Salah will depart Anfield as "one of the greatest players" ever to have represented the club, following a glittering nine-year spell on Merseyside.

Salah confirmed in a social media video last month that the current campaign will be his last at Anfield, having reached an agreement for the final year of his contract to be waived. The Egyptian leaves as the club's third-highest goalscorer in history, trailing only Roger Hunt and Ian Rush, with the No.11 presently standing on 256 goals.

During his time at Liverpool, Salah has claimed two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup, and also featured in the squads that secured two League Cups and the 2022 FA Cup, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Smicer, who made 184 appearances for the Reds between 1999 and 2005 — including the famous Champions League triumph over AC Milan in which he got on the scoresheet — believes Bayern's Olise is the perfect fit to usher in a new era at Anfield.

"We've seen Liverpool struggling on the flanks, with the wingers," Smicer told BetVictor, who offer the latest World Cup betting.

"We lost Luis Diaz, and Mo Salah is not at his usual standard this season. We need a good winger, especially now we know that Mo Salah is leaving.

"Michael Olise is the name that I like, he's a very good young player, he's 24, he has experience in the Premier League, he knows the league, that's so important.

"He's playing really well for Bayern Munich, it's going to be tough to find an agreement with them, we know that. But Olise at Liverpool would be very special."

Turning to Salah's enduring impact at Anfield, Smicer added: "We had so many good players at this club that we could have a lot of statues around the city.

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

"Of course, Steven Gerrard and Mohamed Salah, these two guys, were leaders, were top-class players, world-class players, and they are special.

"It's difficult to compare them, but of course, there is the legacy of Stevie G. He's been a local lad, played his whole career for Liverpool. He definitely had chances to leave, but he always stayed.

"Mo Salah's statistics are just unbelievable. Everyone expected him to score 20 or 30 goals every year and took it for granted. But it's not that easy. I think he's the greatest winger ever to play for Liverpool, that's for sure.

"He will get the respect he deserves. If it's a statue or something else, I don't think it's that important, but he will stay in the hearts of the people and the players as one of the greatest ever players for Liverpool."