Ange Postecoglou: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah would struggle in Tottenham team, says boss

Ange Postecoglou says even in-form Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah would discover life a wrestle for the time being within the Tottenham workforce he manages.

Spurs are set to face the Reds within the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday (20:00 GMT), throughout a tough run of kind.

Tottenham have misplaced three and drawn certainly one of their previous 4 matches, together with a 6-3 Premier League defeat by Liverpool on 22 December.

Egypt worldwide Salah scored twice in that recreation and has netted 21 objectives from 27 appearances in all competitions throughout a very eye-catching marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, under-pressure Postecoglou believes even having an “unbelievable participant” in Salah at his disposal would have executed little to enhance their fortunes.

“Mo is a world-class participant, however when you put him in our workforce now I am unsure he’ll have that very same degree of efficiency due to the scenario we’re in as a bunch,” stated the Spurs boss.

“His attacking play, who do you want? You want a workforce that is type of in good kind, creating alternatives, taking part in on the entrance foot, having a extremely stable basis of a defence that’s cohesive. None of this stuff exist for the time being.”

Spurs head into the match towards Arne Slot’s aspect with the information that captain Son Heung-min will keep on the membership till a minimum of the summer time of 2026 after activating an possibility to increase his contract.

Son has scored 169 occasions in 431 Spurs appearances, together with seven objectives in all competitions this season.

Postecoglou felt the South Korean’s kind doesn’t replicate his true capability in comparison with fellow 32-year-old Salah.

“You’ve got at all times acquired to provide context. He [Salah] is taking part in in a improbable workforce which might be flying for the time being,” he defined.

“I might hazard to say that when you put Son Heung-min in Liverpool’s workforce, I reckon his goalscoring return can be respectable. It is onerous for our gamers for the time being, they’re attempting awfully onerous to be the perfect they are often.

“However once we’re at our greatest, I nonetheless assume you may see Sonny’s return, when it comes to his capability to attain objectives and be actually efficient for us. I do not assume that is diminished in any respect.”