Liverpool are already taking the first steps to plan for life without star player Mohamed Salah, according to Fabrizio Romano, who has responded to the recent transfer stories involving Borussia

Liverpool are interested in Bournemouth's 24-year-old forward Antoine Semenyo, 24, but the Ghana international is also attracting interest from Newcastle United and Tottenham after his impressive start to the season.

Liverpool are keeping close tabs on Karim Adeyemi and view the forward as a possible long-term replacement for Mohamed Salah. Salah, 32, Liverpool’s third-highest goalscorer of all time, has entered into the final year of his contract and talks over an extension appear to have reached an impasse.