{"id":19617,"date":"2024-11-20T11:24:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=19617"},"modified":"2024-11-20T11:24:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:24:20","slug":"lyon-set-asking-price-for-star-as-liverpool-line-up-mohamed-salah-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/lyon-set-asking-price-for-star-as-liverpool-line-up-mohamed-salah-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon Set Asking Price For Star As Liverpool Line Up Mohamed Salah Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"

French side Lyon have named their price for Rayan Cherki as Liverpool set their sights on a replacement for Mohamed Salah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Lyon in financial difficulties, they have already been ‘provisionally relegated’ and must sell off some big names to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

Liverpool could be losing Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> in the summer, so are keen to line up replacements quickly.<\/p>\n

But the Reds could face competition from PSG and Bayer Leverkusen for French winger Cherki.<\/p>\n

Liverpool Lining Up Rayan Cherki As Salah’s Replacement<\/h2>\n

An all-time Anfield great, Mo Salah<\/a> has been phenomenal for the Merseyside club. To date, he has 221 goals and 99 assists in 366 games since he joined in 2017.<\/p>\n

The Egyptian King won both the Premier League<\/a> and Champions League under Jurgen Klopp, and has made a blistering start to life under new Reds boss Arne Slot.<\/p>\n

Salah already has ten goals in 17 games this season, but his contract expires in July. With no new deal in place, the 32-year-old may look for one last big pay-day overseas, and has been linked to several clubs.<\/p>\n

It has now been reported that Liverpool<\/a> are preparing for Salah’s departure, with Lyon’s Rayan Cherki touted as a possible replacement.<\/p>\n

The French side are believed to want a fee in the region of \u00a325-29million. This is more than double the price they offered to Fulham over the summer.<\/p>\n

Such is the severity of Lyon’s money problems that they are likely to sanction a fire-sale of the club’s most valuable assets.<\/p>\n

Reds Face Stiff Competition for Rayan Cherki<\/h2>\n

When news broke of Liverpool’s interest in Rayan Cherki, it quickly became apparent they weren’t the only club pursuing the winger.<\/p>\n

Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly keen on bringing the young Frenchman to the capital. Meanwhile, Ex-Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso’s<\/a> Bundesliga-winning side, Bayer Leverkusen, are also believed to be in for Cherki.<\/p>\n

Recently called up to the French under-21 side, Cherki is one of the hottest young talents in French football, and has looked top-quality for the junior team.<\/p>\n

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Rayan Cherki for France U-21:<\/p>\n

\u2611\ufe0f21 games
\u26bd\ufe0f12 goals
\ud83c\udd70\ufe0f7 assists
\ud83d\udccadirectly involved in a goal every 57 minutes<\/p>\n

Pure quality. \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 pic.twitter.com\/PR6C5winUR<\/a><\/p>\n

— Football Talent Scout – Jacek Kulig (@FTalentScout) November 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n