How will Liverpool replace Salah?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
As the curtain comes down on Mo Salah’s time at Anfield.
How prepared are Liverpool for his departure?
And will it be another big summer of spending?
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
Guests: James Pearce, Josh Williams
Executive Producers: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Mike Stavrou, Guy Clarke, Nick Thomson
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Athletic FFC podcast with me, I am Aikimulare. |
| 0:08.9 | As the curtain comes down on Mo Salas time at Anfield, |
| 0:12.6 | how prepared our Liverpool for his departure? |
| 0:14.9 | And will it be another big summer of spending? |
| 0:19.9 | Joining us for this one, we've got James Pearce. |
| 0:22.3 | We've also got Josh Williams, author of Data Game, |
| 0:25.8 | the story of Liverpool's analytics revolution. |
| 0:29.3 | That's where Salah might have done the damage to himself. |
| 0:32.9 | You can see him hold his hamstring as soon as he went down. |
| 0:37.4 | Well, you never know how many more times most Salo will be turning out at Antpham. him hold his hamstring as soon as he went down. |
| 0:41.8 | Well, you never know how many more times most Sala will be turning out at Anfield. |
| 0:47.0 | All right, Sala went off injured in the win over Crystal Palace over the weekend. |
| 0:50.8 | It looked as if it was almost a goodbye to the fans. |
| 0:52.8 | Could this be the last we see of Sala, James? |
| 0:54.0 | It could be. We're waiting for clarity. |
| 0:55.8 | Certainly the initial reports coming out of Egypt was that it could be three or four weeks. |
| 1:00.8 | And if that is the kind of scenario, then that really does leave it touch and go for that last |
| 1:06.5 | game of the season at home to Brentford on May 24th. Liverpool haven't confirmed that. |
| 1:12.2 | They said that they're still assessing it, |
| 1:15.1 | but I know he was down in the dressing room after Saturday's game |
| 1:20.2 | against Crystal Palace. |
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