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The dilemma facing the Liverpool FC hierarchy is no secret. Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino all have less than 18-months remaining on their contracts. Each of them will be in their 30s when the deals expire, so, realistically, these will be the last big contracts they can demand. One thing we know for sure is that the much-lauded data analytics department at the Merseysider’s will have been crunching the numbers to assess what length of a contract to offer who. Members of that team are known to refrain from watching games to avoid the possibility that their judgments become influenced by what they see with their eyes. The arrival of Diogo Jota last year was the first indication that Liverpool was preparing for life beyond the Salah, Mane and Firmino era. And the imminent arrival of Porto winger Luis Diaz is an even bigger sign that perhaps not all of its renowned attackers will be kept. The fascinating question is who will be let go? That both Jota and Diaz are right-footed suggests it won’t be Mohamed Salah and, based on the exceptional form of the Egyptian, many have expressed disbelief at the idea owners Fenway Sports Group would part with someone putting up such incredible numbers. But as the Boston Red Sox owners demonstrated with their trade of baseball star Mookie Betts in 2019 they are prepared to let a star player leave if the salary becomes too eye-watering. Thanks to the vast improvements in sports science the age at which soccer players can continue to perform at the highest level has been steadily increasing since the 1990s. But that doesn’t mean that handing a 30-year-old a contract worth $402,000-$508,000 per week that Salah is reportedly demanding is not without risk. When discussing the situation with Mo Salah’s contract Klopp has pointed out how the age of some of the best players has been going up.»How football is [now],” he said, «the best players in the world, two-three years ago, were 33-34 […] that’s the best age of a footballer.»You understand the game better, you can judge the pitch better, you can see situations long before they will happen.»As I’ve pointed out in a previous article, one of the most noticeable shifts in world soccer in the last couple of years has been the longevity of elite players. Only two in the top 10 scorers in Europe were younger than 25 and at some of the biggest sides, their stars were well in their thirties. Real Madrid’s top striker remains 34-year-old Karim Benzema and Bayern Munich’s best forward, Robert Lewandowski, is 33. But, of course, the two players who’ve been distorting those lists for years are the 34-year-old Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is 36. Their continued exploits show how soccer has changed, the greatest players of the generation before, like the Brazilian Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, tended to retire at the same age Messi is now and if they got to Ronaldo’s age they certainly weren’t playing for teams like Manchester United.

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