Mohamed Salah stays a goal for the Saudi Professional League, with Al Ittihad able to do a deal. However Liverpool are displaying little need to simply accept a switch this summer season, 90min understands.
Sources have confirmed to 90min that Salah, together with Paul Pogba, are the Saudi Professional League’s present high targets as they search to recruit the world’s greatest footballing expertise, while additionally wanting essentially the most excessive profile Muslim gamers within the sport to be performing in Saudi Arabia.
90min understands that Al Ittihad really feel there’s a likelihood to land Salah and will not hand over, despite the fact that Liverpool are displaying no indication in any respect that they’d be trying to let certainly one of their prized property depart. Sources insist that is still the case.
Having already offered former captain Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to Saudi Arabia, Liverpool’s hierarchy are properly conscious of simply how deep the pockets of PIF – Al Ittihad’s homeowners – are. Though whether or not Al Ittihad might produce a proposal large enough for Salah this summer season stays to be seen as it might seemingly must be a membership report sale for Liverpool, which is presently £142m which got here from the sale of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona in 2018.
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They might additionally want to provide a wage worthy of such a deal, however Al Ittihad have already proven they don’t have any drawback in doing that. They’ve to this point landed the likes of Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante this summer season, each of whom at the moment are amongst the very best paid gamers in world soccer – certainly solely Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the moment are paid greater than the French pair. However to land Salah, they’d seemingly should get near Ronaldo’s Al Nassr deal, which is value £3m every week.
Sources consider that Salah is open to a transfer to Saudi Arabia, however whether or not that’s this summer season stays to be seen. There proceed to be doubts about his long-term future at Liverpool, regardless of signing a brand new contract as lately as final summer season.
90min interviewed Egyptian soccer supremo Mamdouh Eid, an in depth pal of Salah, earlier this week and he questioned the therapy of the participant by supervisor Jurgen Klopp.
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