Liverpool needs to sign a right winger this summer, with Mohamed Salah having moved on and Yan Diomande seemingly preferring a transfer move to Ligue 1 giants PSG
04:00, 05 Jul 2026
Mohamed Salah helped Egypt reach the last-16 of the World Cup.
Mohamed Salah helped Egypt reach the last-16 of the World Cup.(Image: Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
Yan Diomande may have decided that a transfer move to PSG is the best next step in his career, but Liverpool's requirement for the arrival of another right-sided forward has not changed.
The RB Leipzig man looked perfect in terms of his profile — even if the price tag attached was incredibly steep — and, unfortunately for the Reds, there are few other elite options out there.
Bradley Barcola, though he has often played on the left for PSG and France, is perhaps one. Beyond that, however, there is a big drop-off in quality when it comes to finding potential candidates.
What Liverpool needs from a right winger, though, is not necessarily the same as what Mohamed Salah provided. Sure, a reincarnation of peak Salah would not go amiss, but that is almost impossible to find.
At his best, Salah was as good as two players: an elite goalscorer and an elite playmaker. He was the focal point around which the Liverpool attack was built.
After the $320 million (£241 million) arrivals of Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz a year ago, though, those responsibilities have been move across to other departments, with the likes of Cody Gakpo and Victor Munoz to help out too.
Mohamed Salah and Arne Slot after the former's final Liverpool appearance.
Mohamed Salah and Arne Slot after the former's final Liverpool appearance.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
While scoring goals remains an important element of what every attacker needs to provide at Liverpool, creating chances for Isak, in particular, will hold more weight next term for the player stationed out on the right.
"The main difference for (Isak) is that we are facing a low block many times," former boss Arne Slot explained to reporters in December, a few weeks before the Swede's broken leg at Tottenham.
"It is not that it never happened at Newcastle but not as much, I think. This season the league has changed, we see so many more low blocks than last season. But I see this not only against us; I see this in many games.
"It makes it harder for him compared to his time at Newcastle but I think it is also him adjusting to his teammates and his teammates adjusting to him.
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"But it is obvious and clear that we have not the profile of [Newcastle’s] Jacob Murphy, for example, available at this moment at this time."
Murphy specifically will not be targeted by Liverpool, clearly. But having someone whose primary focus is putting the ball into dangerous areas for Isak to finish will be vital.
While Salah was the main man in the Liverpool attack for his nine years at the club, the emphasis has shifted. Finding another Salah would be near-impossible — but an elite player of a different profile is a must.