What are the options at the moment?," asked Michael Owen. "You are only going either sideways to Manchester City or down anywhere else because there is no one else as good as these two teams in the world at the moment."
Owen was of course discussing Mohammed Salah's uncertain Liverpool future, with the star man yet to sign a new contract as he approaches the final 12 months of his current deal. If the situation isn't resolved, then Liverpool may have to decide to gamble and hope Salah stays, or sell him in the summer to risk losing him on a free transfer in 2023.
It's a situation City will be watching with interest. Though, of course, it seems like the stalemate is not because Salah sees his future away from Anfield, more on that later, and if he was to leave, it would surely not be an hour across the M62 to Manchester.
