{"id":470604,"date":"2025-10-03T08:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470604\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:13:19","slug":"liverpool-in-really-intense-race-to-sign-mohamed-salah-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/470604\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool in &#8216;really intense race&#8217; to sign Mohamed Salah replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Mohamed-Salah-and-Arne-Slot-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arne Slot angry in a black jumper and Mohamed Salah in inset\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/94399bd7ab42abd455aa00aa2aebfd9d\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Fri 3 October 2025 8:51, UK <\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Olise has quickly risen the ranks to become one of Vincent Kompany\u2019s go-to men at Bayern Munich.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite completing just one season in Germany, sources told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/michael-olises-huge-asking-price-revealed-liverpool-in-pole-position-to-agree-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool are in pole position to sign Olise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman is seen as a long-term replacement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/mohamed-salah-to-make-liverpool-exit-decision-as-incredible-replacement-lined-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohamed Salah who is anticipated to leave Liverpool for Saudi Arabia<\/a> before the end of his contract, <strong>Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/liverpool-told-to-pay-100m-to-complete-signing-of-ex-london-club-sensation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool were told to pay Bayern Munich over \u00a3100million to bring in Olise<\/a> with the price tag expected to soar given his upwards trajectory.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Michael-Olise-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Olise in action for Bayern Munich\" class=\"wp-image-606041\" \/>Credit: IMAGOBayern Munich bracing for intense Michael Olise interest<\/p>\n<p>As I revealed on the latest edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Football Insider\u2019s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Palace<\/a> wizard is one of the hottest properties in Europe right now.<\/p>\n<p>In his debut 2024-25 campaign, the number 17 notched 17 goals and 18 assists in all competitions which has hurtled him towards being dubbed one of the finest youth talents in world football.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <strong>Inside Track podcast<\/strong> over those who are chasing him, I explained: \u201cIt\u2019ll be a real intense race to sign Michael Olise. <\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he does become available at Bayern, all the top clubs in Europe would love to sign the young Frenchman. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1759479199_641_Michael-Olise-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Olise looking towards the ground\" class=\"wp-image-759645\" \/>Credit: IMAGO<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have targeted him as a long-term replacement for Mohamed Salah. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a>, I\u2019m sure, would be interested in Olise. Real Madrid, as you\u2019ve mentioned as well, would also be keeping tabs on the attacking midfielder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah drop-off will see Liverpool ramp up pursuit in Olise<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/mohamed-salahs-drop-off-mapped-liverpool-will-be-hugely-concerned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have been extremely concerned with the form of Salah<\/a> at the start of the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian has looked a shadow of his former self, often being stuck on the right and hardly getting involved in the Reds attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mohamed-salah2-1-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah looks dejected in a Liverpool kit\" class=\"wp-image-758720\" \/>Credit: IMAGO<\/p>\n<p>Under Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot last campaign, the number 11 was the focal point of everything the Merseyside club did.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Dutchman is clearly altering his tactics to incorporate the Kop\u2019s array of attacking stars, especially with the 33-year-old set to be leaving Anfield at the end of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Olise is seen as the ideal long-term successor to the ex-Roma winger with Liverpool eyeing up a huge bid in the coming transfer windows.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fri 3 October 2025 8:51, UK Michael Olise has quickly risen the ranks to become one of Vincent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[1062,748,393,4884,179,886,67400,544,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-470604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-manchester-city","14":"tag-michael-olise","15":"tag-real-madrid","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115309235963562932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}