"Will be leaving this summer" - Major Liverpool claim will have supporters gutted - opinion

This summer is set to be an incredibly busy one for Liverpool who in previous windows, have opted to conduct their business quietly and with minimum fuss.

The upcoming transfer window could be an entirely different affair for Jurgen Klopp, however.

They will need to find an answer to Manchester City’s acquisition of Erling Haaland and they could lose some of their prized possessions too.

Sadio Mane’s future is up in the air with the Senegalese attracting interest from Bayern Munich while Mo Salah’s own contract situation is well-documented too.

Both players find themselves out of contract in the summer of 2023, but a worrying claim has now been made about their futures.

It comes from pundit Noel Whelan who told Football Insider: “That big potential transfer fee could do a lot of good. It could be Mane, or it could be Salah.

“One of the two, I believe, will be leaving this summer. For me personally, I’m expecting it to be Salah.

“Mane is looking more and more like the one who will be sticking around, but we’ll have to wait and see.”

There are no two ways about this; if Salah decides to leave Anfield behind then the fanbase will be absolutely gutted.

This is a player who has become one of the world’s best since playing under Klopp and arriving back in the Premier League following a torrid spell at Chelsea.

He has proven the Blues wrong and is now synonymous with what the Liverpool manager has built in Merseyside; a winning machine with goals in abundance.

Salah has been the chief when it comes to finding the net and his numbers in recent years have been nothing short of remarkable.

Throughout 2021/22, the Egyptian attacker has beaten the goalkeeper on 30 occasions while also registering 16 assists. That has helped