Former Ballon d'Or winner Gullit said on BeIN Sports' program that Liverpool's leading forward Salah will not be a suitable signing for Paris Saint-Germain because "he is old."
Year after year, Salah has exceeded expectations on Merseyside. In the 2017-2018 season, in his first season back in the Premier League, he broke the league scoring record at the time. Since then, he has maintained this efficiency and became the club's top scorer in the Premier League era. At the same time, he ranks high in the historical scorer rankings. five.
The 31-year-old has contributed 24 goals in the league this season, second only to Aston Villa's Watkins, although the Egypt forward has only played 136 minutes for the club since the beginning of the year due to injury.
Now, although there is no evidence that Salah will slow down, Gullit believes Salah's age means he has reached the stage where he can move from Liverpool to other clubs, or very likely become Paris Saint-Germain. A member of the German club, PSG have only lost one Ligue 1 title in the past decade and they are extremely dominant in the league.
Gullit expressed his views on BeIN Sports' Champions League-related program on Tuesday night. Paris Saint-Germain have just sealed their place in the Champions League quarter-finals, although they look increasingly likely to sell star Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid this summer.
host Richard Keys raised the idea of bringing in Salah from Liverpool as a potential Mbappe replacement, boldly hinting: "We knew he was leaving (Liverpool)."
Very critical One point is that Salah's contract with Liverpool expires in the summer of 2025. If this problem is not resolved this winter, Liverpool is likely to lose their current star on a free transfer.
But Gullit did not think that Salah would go to Paris after leaving Liverpool. When answering the host’s question about why he thought so, Gullit said bluntly: “Because Salah is old, he will not go to Paris. No matter how young! He's 31 already!" "But Harry Kane has just joined Bayern Munich for £90 million," Keys tried to argue, before Gullit added: "I came to England when I was about 32. That It is no longer an age when you still have enough strength. You will slowly, slowly decline, and then leave this land you love. Of course, there are exceptions, but these exceptions belong more to Luka Modry A small midfielder like Qi, or a similar player. But Salah is different, he is a forward, he must keep running."
Other guests believed that for Salah's three-dimensional For teenage players, it is very important to get enough rest, and the pressure in Ligue 1 is less than that in the Premier League. Therefore, for Salah, playing in this level of league will help him maintain his competitive status and thereby extend his career.
But Gullit completely disagreed with this view, retorting: "No, because if you go to Paris, everyone will depend on you again. You can't just rest. You have to do the same thing (as he did at Liverpool) did that) but that's why he went there, when I went to Chelsea I needed to play, I needed to play better than everyone else. I had to produce certain results every week, you can't just go There it's 'well, not today, maybe tomorrow.' No."
Salah has returned to the team's game in excellent form after an injury layoff, but Gullit's view is not clear to fans. The words still have great significance.
Salah is still at the top star level. He is the Red Army's main offensive point on the field, so Liverpool supporters do not want him to be sold, whether to Paris Saint-Germain or to the Saudi League. But as he gets older and his contract situation changes, all this remains unknown.
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