{"id":2896,"date":"2026-03-28T15:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:01:57","slug":"steven-gerrard-agrees-liverpool-should-sign-box-office-arsenal-transfer-target-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard agrees Liverpool should sign &#8216;box office&#8217; Arsenal transfer target | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2265766550.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27725051\" alt=\"Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool - Premier League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Gerrard only wants the best at Liverpool (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard agrees the club need to sign a \u2018box office\u2019 winger like Michael Olise to replace Mohamed Salah this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Salah has confirmed he will leave Anfield at the end of the season to bring the curtains down on an extraordinary nine-year career on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>The Egypt international\u2019s influence has waned this season with the club now facing a huge task in replacing the man who is their third all-time top goalscorer.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from France this week have claimed Bayern Munich star Olise has emerged as Liverpool\u2019s early target with Arsenal and Chelsea also huge admirers of the former Crystal Palace winger.<\/p>\n<p>Olise has grown into one of Europe\u2019s best widemen since leaving south London in the summer of 2024, part of a fearsome front three in Munich alongside Harry Kane and Luis Diaz \u2013 the latter sold by Liverpool last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have no intention of letting the France international leave but former Manchester United star Owen Hargreaves has urged Liverpool to test the water.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you\u2019re Liverpool you have to go for someone ready, tried and tested. And for me that would be Olise. Someone of that calibre,\u2019 Hargreaves told TNT Sport.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_287726585-518d.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27650352\" alt=\"Soccer Football - Premier League - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool - Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, Britain - March 3, 2026 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah reacts Action Images via Reuters\/Peter Cziborra EDITORIAL USE ONLY. 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Or you\u2019re not replacing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They have to be top end, top three of four in the world to replace Mo Salah. Because that is where he has been.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_290464652-4784.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27669397\" alt=\"MUNICH, GERMANY - MARCH 21: Michael Olise of FC Bayern M??nchen looks on during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern M??nchen and 1. FC Union Berlin at Allianz Arena on March 21, 2026 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Olise is also wanted by Chelsea and Arsenal (Picture:Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jarrod Bowen has been another name suggested as a possible replacement for Salah although Gerrard is not convinced the West Ham United captain is of the required standard.<\/p>\n<p>The former England star has however been impressed with his Hammers teammate Crysencio Summerville, who has predominantly played off the left this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019d take Summerville,\u2019 Gerrard said. \u2018I think he has got something different, for a team that has been struggling he has been a shining light and got better as the season has gone on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I really like Bowen but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s Salah\u2019s level to replace him but I think Liverpool will look for more one-on-one merchants.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Max Dowman told to quit Arsenal \u2018as soon as possible\u2019 by talkSPORT presenter<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Marcelo Bielsa sends message to Ben White after England fans boo Arsenal star<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Enzo Maresca\u2019s \u00a360m Chelsea signing tipped for shock Arsenal transfer<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/h4>\n<p>Punchy analysis, transfer talk and more from Metro&#8217;s football experts, sent straight to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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