Mo Salah’s Premier League season by the numbersThe 31-year-old superstar has been in top form so far this season and his brilliance earned him a point against the Gunners on Saturday with a crisp finish into the top corner. The goal takes Salah’s tally to 12 goals in the 2023/24 Premier League season, eight more than any of his team-mates.
He also had a team-high seven assists, two more than the next-highest assists on the team, Uruguayan Darwin Nunez’s five. These stats show that no other Liverpool player comes close to Salah in terms of goal contribution, he has scored in 19 consecutive games Participation. So far this season, no Liverpool player has had more performances than Nunez’ nine (5 goals, 4 assists). The stats show why Liverpool should sign Wurtz Klopp could sign a lethal partner for the Egyptian superstar by striking a deal to sign Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for at least €120m in 2024.The 20-year-old prodigy has been sensational in the Bundesliga this season and has the potential to become a great striker for Liverpool, just like Salah is now. Florian-Wirtz-Bayer-Leverkusen-Premier-LeagueWirz has five goals and seven assists in 15 league appearances for his side. No other Reds player has more assists and only Salah (19) has scored more league goals. The German wizard also scored two goals and provided four assists in Leverkusen’s four Europa League games, with none of Klopp’s sides scoring more than two goals in the group stage. Florian WirtzAs you can see in the chart above, Wirtz also ranks among his position mates in many key offensive metrics. Includes assists, assists and shot attempts over the last 365 days. Talent scout Jacek Kulig has described him at various intervals as an “elite” wizard who is “too good”, and the statistics confirm that he is one of the best creators in Europe’s top five leagues.
Klopp could therefore bring in another big attacking talent and become a lethal partner for Salah in the final third, unlike the current options who struggle to make a consistent impact at the top of the pitch.
The Reds are interested in an attacking midfielder this year.
Liverpool are marking their second Premier League Christmas of the season after being held to a draw by Arsenal at Anfield on Saturday. There’s no denying Mohamed Salah’s superb effort to propel the Reds into the title race as he was once again Jurgen Klopp’s standout player at the top of the pitch. Without Roberto Firmino or Sadio Mane on the books now, if you look at Egypt’s record in front of goal, the only standout striker in the bunch. Klopp could once again give Salah a lethal strike partner like Mane and Firmino by signing Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirz, who is a Liverpool target until 2024, according to journalist Florian Plettenberg.
