Mohamed Salah is the Liverpool player who has contributed the most goals in the 2019-2020 Premier League. Salah was involved in Liverpool’s 29 goals in the Premier League last season. In details, the Egyptian national team striker created 19 goals and 10 assists.
However, Liverpool’s legendary midfielder, John Barnes, revealed that there are two strikers in the world who can make Mohamed Salah a substitute for the Reds.
The first figure is Sadio Mane. Mane was able to record the closest to Salah’s achievement which is 18 goals and 10 assists. The second one is Roberto Firmino, who was the center forward in Liverpool’s trio of front lines. He had 9 goals and 9 assists.
John Barnes also responded to the news linking Liverpool with Wolverhampton Wanderers winger, Adama Traore. Traore performed nicely with Wolves in the 2019-2020 Premier League. The 24-year-old right winger contributed 4 goals and 9 assists for Wolves in the Premier League last season.
However, Barnes gave a warning to the players who would join Liverpool. “Yes, Traore will suit Liverpool as long as he does not expect to take over the existing attacking trio,” said John Barnes.
“This is a big problem for anyone who comes to Liverpool. If they want to come to Liverpool and say ‘We want to be one of the core players who play in the position of the attacking trio’, maybe that will never happen.”, he added.
“The problem with a lot of players is when they don’t play, they complain. This has a big impact on morale and team spirit. The question is whether Traore will be OK and stay happy when his name is not in the attacking trio and has the attitude of ‘I feel I can and I am willing to fight for my place’, but without any guarantees. If it can be like that, then Traore will definitely be a player who can adapt to what Liverpool want,” Barnes added.
John Barnes defended Liverpool in the period 1 July 1987 to 1 August 1997. Based on data from Transfermarkt, Barnes contributed 105 goals and 70 assists from 400 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions. The figure who was born on November 7, 1963 led the Reds to win the Premier League in 1988 and 1990.
