Liverpool's search for a successor to might very well, whose father has openly expressed his preference for his son over the Reds' Egyptian king.

The Georgian is creating waves across Europe,which has already extended a contract offer despite not meeting Napoli's hefty price tag.

It leaves an opportunity for Liverpool to swoop in this January. Speaking about the comparisons between his son and Salah, Badri Kvaratskhelia told "It's a wonderful comparison because Salah is a great footballer who has done extraordinary things with Liverpool and Egypt, but we like Khvicha more.

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"Many say that he's the strongest, for me, he is because I'm the father, but hearing it from others fills me with pride."

The plaudits being heaped on a certain player might leave Liverpool fans reading with a bit of skepticism, given Salah's mind-blowing journey at Anfield post his Serie A departure in 2017.

Salah's showing this season includes a staggering 21 goals and 17 assists across just 28 matches, yet despite these heroics, the Egyptian king's contract is ticking down to expiration this summer.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot was asked about a potential move for the Napoli star this week and said: "When you said yourself 'linked with', I was thinking: 'Which club is he going to say now? ' But you mean as a club we are linked with Kvaratskhelia.

"What I make of that is that this is January and I think I said it after the West Ham United game [to journalists], please don't disappoint me, please come up with all these players and all these clubs that are in the interest of us.

"Or the ones that don't play a lot for us are going to go somewhere else. That [speculation] is what is happening now. And nine out of 10 times or 99 out of 100 times, at the end of the window it's been clear that almost all of these stories weren't true. So what can I comment about it? The rumors keep going for it but no comment from my side."