M. Salah is indeed the most important player at Liverpool. He contributed the most to Liverpool. But last season we also saw several matches played by Liverpool without Salah. And yes, the results are not much different. It's just that when Salah is around, Liverpool becomes sharper in attacking. But when Salah was injured and he was absent for several weeks, we could immediately see that Liverpool could adapt to conditions without Salah.
It's just that last season Liverpool were still with Klopp. And what concerns me is precisely about their new coach, Arne Slot. Will the new coach be able to make Liverpool better or not?
I think the assessment of whether it is good or not is quite subjective and I think Liverpool under the direction of Arne Slot can still produce good results. However, our level of expectations does not need to be high considering that this is his first season managing Liverpool so that if there are mistakes or bad things we can still understand.
Maybe Mohammed Salah is a player who will be difficult to replace and even if he is no longer at Liverpool, finding a player will not be easy. But overall we can still hope for him to stay and while waiting for that I think management should think about a suitable candidate to replace Mohammed Salah. Currently finding a right winger is not easy and most of the mature players are left wingers available on the market.
Salah has been Liverpool mainstay for eight seasons, under Klopp Salah has always been able to perform consistently every season. Arne Slot knows that Salah can still be relied on next season, and must admit that it is very difficult to find a replacement for Salah in the transfer window. Arne Slot adaptation period will be helped by experienced players like Salah, he can understand the coach wishes well.
Meanwhile, even though Liverpool will have difficulty competing with City and Arsenal for trophies, I think Arne Slot has the ability to bring Liverpool to finish in the Champions League zone next season. To be known, Arne Slot has a number of quality players in Klopp legacy squad, there is no great concern even though this is his first season in the Premier League.
On the other hand, Liverpool has good management, they are not careless in taking policies if Arne Slot fails to meet expectations in his first season. This gives Arne Slot comfort in managing the club, even though he understands that his responsibility is very large. It seems that Liverpool change of coach will not cause their performance to decline next season.