Liverpool must look to Red Sox and Betts amid contract dance with Salah

The cost of truly replacing Salah would almost certainly be steeper than the price of keeping him. Just ask Boston how their Mookie Betts succession plan has panned out

Fenway Sports Group, the John W Henry-led company that holds a controlling stake in Liverpool FC, doesn't need to look too far back into its own history to find a lesson that should signpost a resolution to Mohamed Salah's contract situation.

In February 2020, Mookie Betts was one of the best baseball players on the planet. He was a little over a year removed from powering the Boston Red Sox - also owned by FSG - to a World Series triumph. He was 27 years old, at the peak of his powers. He was an American League MVP and a four-time All-Star. He was also about to become a free agent.