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Don Hutchison: Mohamed Salah does the basics "so bad it's untrue"

Hutchison: Salah does the basics
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Former Liverpool midfielder Don Hutchison claims that he would not accept £140m for Sadio Mane but would be willing to swap Mohamed Salah for Jadon Sancho.

Former Liverpool midfielder Don Hutchison has urged Jurgen Klopp to consider a swap deal that would see Jadon Sancho arrive at the club and Mohamed Salah leave.

Salah has broken a plethora of goalscoring records since arriving at Anfield in 2017, the most recent of which saw him become the Liverpool player with the most goals in his first 100 top-flight appearances for the club, netting his 70th against Bournemouth.

However, Hutchison believes that Sadio Mane is much more valuable to Liverpool than his fellow winger, insisting that he would not accept a £140m bid for Mane but would be willing to let Salah leave the club.

"I wouldn't accept £140m for Mane, I wouldn't, I disagree, I wouldn't. They're the same age but it's Mo Salah that I watch every single week, and his numbers are astonishing don't get me wrong and you can't take that away from Mo Salah but... you watch Mo Salah and the guy does genius things but he does the most basic things so bad it's untrue," Hutchison told ESPN.

"He can't pass a ball five yards, he seems to keep playing this ball where he tries to nutmeg everyone from whatever side he's on, if he's coming off the right flank onto his left, tries to play it to a striker through a body of players that's never, ever on.

"And you watch him and go 'Surely this has been coached, surely Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff have tried to coach Mo Salah, and he does the basic things really badly, yet his numbers are frightening and he scores a ridiculous amount of goals in the Premier League and the Champions League.

"So I would disagree, I think if you're going to sell anyone and you had to sell one – don't get me wrong, I wouldn't sell any if I was Jurgen Klopp – but if one was to go and you offered Mo Salah for someone like Jadon Sancho, I maybe would take that swap."

Across all competitions Salah has directly contributed to 128 goals in 144 games for Liverpool, scoring 91 and creating 37 more.

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