Brazilian star is coming to replace Mo Salah at Liverpool

Obviously someone is going to have to fill the void on the right-wing as well. Liverpool are going to have to bring in at least one winger who can play that role, if not more.

But so far the names who are available on the market and who have been linked as Salah successors have lacked one tiny but important detail - they are not left-footed right-wingers.

Bradley Barcola has played most of his career minutes as a left-winger. Yan Diomande has played a lot on the right-wing but he is a right-footed player, so there will be question marks over whether he could actually play that right-wing role effectively or in the same way as Salah did at Liverpool.

This is where a player who has not been mentioned as one on Liverpool's radar but who will likely be on the market this summer will come into question.

He is Brazilian and he has a lot of experience playing in the Premier League for Manchester City...

We're talking about Savinho. Man City have recently signed Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki which has had a massive impact on Savinho's minutes.

The 22-year-old has started just 12 games all season, and he's not even been included in Brazil's 55-men shortlist for the World Cup. Given how City strengthen their attack every summer, he's going to want to be on the move this summer.

And this is a market opportunity, if it does become available, Liverpool will not be stupid enough to at least attempt to force through even if it would mean trying to lure a player from their direct rivals.

Savinho is exactly the profile Liverpool are looking for right now in order to replace the departing Salah. He's left-footed and he can play on the right-wing.

On top of that he offers speed and one vs one quality in abundance.

Over his career at Girona and Man City, he has averaged 9.18 dribbles per 90 minutes and completed 58% of his attempts - which ranks him among the very elite wingers in this area.

© IMAGO - Savinho Liverpool

That intensity, his speed and his ability to be direct on the right-wing will appeal massively to Liverpool.

On top of that, one of the best things about Savinho is that he is a provider, he has averaged 0.22 expected assists per 90 minutes for Man City and Girona.

And during the same period he averaged 3.85 passes into the penalty area per 90 minutes, which is an insanely high volume - especially when you combine that with 4.32 crosses per 90 minutes as well.

This is the kind of player you're going to need to bring the best out of Alexander Isak, and given Liverpool's data team will crunch and look at these numbers than let their judgement be clouded by the fact that Savinho is not being used at City - he very much feels like a proper Michael Edwards signing.

The kind of signing that saw Liverpool overlook Salah's struggles at Chelsea and take a punt on him - which worked out pretty well.

Savinho could be the natural heir. City paid £30m for him and even if Liverpool have to pay double that, he'd be a no-brainer.

At such a young age, and the fact that he will likely be on the market - there's simply no better left-footed right-winger available.