Liverpool's Pursuit of Ibrahim Mbaye as Salah's Replacement

Liverpool’s rebuild has been busy, noisy, and still feels incomplete.

Three new faces are already through the door, yet the squad that limped through last season does not suddenly look ready to chase down major trophies again. Too many gaps. Too many questions. And one absence towers over everything else.

Mohamed Salah’s.

The club have yet to truly replace the “Egyptian King”, a player whose influence at Anfield has defined an era. You don’t just swap in another right‑winger and move on. Even in a campaign where he was short of his blistering best, Salah still finished with 22 goal contributions in all competitions. That number underlines the size of the crater Liverpool are trying to fill.

The attack remains the live issue. Names such as Victor Munoz, Federico Chiesa and Jeremie Frimpong have been floated as options who could operate from the right. Useful, versatile, dangerous in their own ways. But Liverpool know they need something more than stopgaps and tactical tweaks. They need another top‑class attacker.

And that is where Ibrahim Mbaye comes in.

First offer being prepared

According to journalist Loic Tanzi, Liverpool are finally ready to move. He reported on his personal X account that “Liverpool should send a first offer to Paris for Ibrahim Mbaye in the coming days.”

That line signals a shift. Talk is about to become action.

Liverpool’s squad depth was brutally exposed last season. Certain positions still boast real quality, but the overall level, judged on recent performances, falls short of what a title challenger requires. The bench looked thin. The drop-off from starters to backups felt steep.

Landing Mbaye would not solve everything. It would, though, point the rebuild in a far more convincing direction.

A teenager with grown‑up numbers

Mbaye is only 18, but his numbers already read like those of a player who understands the penalty area. Across his young career, the winger has scored 19 goals, a return that hints at sharp movement and composure rather than raw promise alone.

On the international stage, he has already broken through. Fifteen caps for Senegal. Four goals. That is not a kid getting token minutes; that is a teenager trusted in serious matches and responding with end product.

Those figures matter to Liverpool. They are not just buying potential; they are buying a player who has already handled pressure, travel, expectation, and still found a way to affect games.

The hidden advantages

There is a strategic layer to this pursuit as well.

Because of his age, by the time Mbaye needs to be formally registered in Liverpool’s Premier League squad, he will count as homegrown. That status has become a quiet headache for the club, one of the structural issues they must solve alongside improving the XI.

Sign a high‑ceiling attacker. Fill a homegrown slot. Do both in one move. That is the sort of joined‑up thinking a modern superclub needs.

The situation at Paris Saint‑Germain only sharpens the opportunity. PSG are understood to be open to moving him on, eager to trim and reshape their own attacking options. That willingness to sell instantly makes Mbaye one of the smartest, most accessible deals on Liverpool’s board.

And then there is the simplest, most footballing detail of all: he is a natural right‑winger.

In a summer dominated by the question of how to live without Salah, that might be the most important detail of the lot.