Finance guru: Liverpool could spend £187m on three new deals after source’s reveal
There are up three players at Liverpool who may at some point demand a pay rise in light of Mohamed Salah’s new contract.
That is the view of finance expert Doctor Dan Plumley speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the knock-on effects of the 30-year-old’s mega-money deal.
Liverpool announced last Friday (1 July) that Salah had signed a new three-year contract.
A Liverpool source told Football Insider that the following day that the Egyptian’s deal is worth £400,000 per week, or £62.4million over its total lifespan.
Plumley predicts that the Merseysiders could end up shelling out a similar figure up to three times over if other big-name stars demand to be remunerated in line with Salah’s deal.
That would mean Liverpool end up paying around £187m over the course of the players’ contracts.
“There is always the risk with this sort of thing,” the Sheffield Hallam University expert told Football Insider’s Adam Williams.
“When you break your wage structure for one player, there is always the risk that other players will ask for parity at some point.
“That might mean two or three players come to you further down the line and asks for a pay rise. That is the risk and reward strategy because it might change the dynamic in the future.
“But Liverpool obviously thought the price was within reach and that it was worth everything that comes with it. Listen, they can afford it but it does have that risk attached.”
Liverpool begin their pre-season against Man United in Bangkok on Tuesday (12 July).
They have fixtures against Crystal Palace, RB Leipzig and Strasbourg Alsace before the start of 2022-23.
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