God: We'll find the next Salah

'THE BEAUTY OF THIS CLUB IS THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THE NEXT BIG THING AFTER OUR STARS LEAVE'

- By PAUL GORST

ROBBIE FOWLER believes Liverpool are well placed to handle the end-of-season exit of Mohamed Salah as the iconic No.11 enters the final two months of a nine-year Anfield career.

But the legendary Fowler - who was surpassed by Salah as the Reds' leading scorer of the Premier League era three years ago - admits the club will miss an "extraordinary" player who will go down as one of the all-time greats when he departs at the end of May.

The Egyptian's glittering Liverpool career includes seven major honours, including two Premier League titles and the 2019 Champions League, while his 255 goals on Merseyside have only been bettered by Ian Rush and Roger Hunt across 134 years of club history.

Fowler, who sits seventh on that particular list with 183, believes last summer's recruitment work, which saw the champions spend £320million on Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, proves the Reds were preparing for life after Salah at Anfield.

And the former Liverpool striker argues the club's history of absorbing the exits of key players bodes well for when the 33-year-old calls time at the end of the campaign.

"I mean, again, you can't add any superlatives that haven't already been said about Mo," Fowler told the Liverpool ECHO.

"He is an incredible player for this football club, his numbers are extraordinary.

"For anyone to get anywhere near those numbers again, you're talking about a very good player.