In the summer of 2022, Mo Salah signed a new contract with Liverpool. There was no certainty in this, the club had a replacement in the pipeline if the Egyptian superstar chose his way away from Anfield. No Liverpool supporter would want someone else in Salah’s place, this season the 32-year-old has a wild 25 goals and 17 assists in 28 Premier League games. What is special is which player in 2022 was ready to move into the right wing at Liverpool.
Manchester United’s most expensive flop ever, Antony.
Antony’s agent Junior has previously told about the near-signing with Liverpool on a betting site: -Yes, this story has a basis in reality. Salah renewed his contract with Liverpool at the time, and that made Antony’s transfer to Liverpool impossible, the agent stated.
On loan to Real Betis, things have finally loosened up for Antony after some very disappointing seasons at United, vaccinated against scoring. In an interview with Koora this week, Antony confirms he was ready to sign as Salah’s replacement in 2022.
-That’s right. I was very close to moving to Liverpool and then you never know what would have happened,” Antony said.
The Brazilian is right, we don’t know what would have happened to Antony in Jürgen Klopp’s well-oiled attacking machine, but we’re guessing Liverpool fans around the world thank us for never getting to test Liverpool without Salah – with Antony – in those years.
