Mohamed Salah, who has two years left on a new contract he signed at Anfield last summer, was the target of early attempts by Saudi Pro League winners Al Ittihad to acquire him. The Saudi Pro League transfer market shuts on September 7.
Earlier in the transfer window, the Saudi Pro League team made a bid to sign Salah.
Despite Salah’s representative Ramy Abbas Issa claiming earlier in August that the player was committed to Liverpool, the attacker has been one of Al Ittihad’s main targets this summer and they are still interested in him.
Salah has two years left on a fresh contract he signed at Anfield last summer.
Kaveh Solhekol evaluates the likelihood that Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool and sign with Al Ittihad of the Saudi Pro League.
Liverpool will make the final decision; they do not want to sell the forward, but a source told Sky Sports News that Salah would be open to considering the options.
Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Jota, a former Celtic winger, N’Golo Kante, and Salah’s former Liverpool teammate Fabinho are all members of Al Ittihad.
Jota, who joined the team for £25 million, however, may depart the organization soon, according to credible reports, since Al Ittihad is reportedly interested in a move for Salah.
On September 7, the SPL transfer window will close, roughly a week after the Premier League’s deadline of September 1.
His own representative declared on social media that Salah was committed to Liverpool when these allegations of their interest first started to surface a month ago. He wouldn’t have renewed his contract last summer if it weren’t the case.
“With two years left on his contract, he is now Liverpool’s highest-paid player, and the club has made it abundantly plain that it does not want to let him leave.
These Saudi Pro League clubs, though, don’t take no for an answer, as we’ve witnessed all summer. They have a list of players they want to sign, and they will do whatever it takes to do so.
They won’t give up, and the Saudi window will remain open for a few days after this one shuts. Although it has a seriously destabilizing impact for Liverpool, everyone in the European game has had to adjust to it. The Saudi Pro League is here to stay, and they have the resources to try—and occasionally succeed—in acquiring the top players in the world.
“I believe that Mo Salah is just not for sale. He earns the most money for Liverpool. Losing him at such a crucial time is the last thing Jurgen Klopp wants to happen. Recently, Klopp expressed his dissatisfaction with how the SPL window was open following the end of the Premier League season. He was concerned that after the transfer market closed here, Saudi clubs could enter and take players away from Premier League clubs, leaving them unable to replace them.
Klopp’s worst fears will come true if Al Ittihad does try to buy Salah after the window ends on Friday.
“This is the transfer market; Premier League clubs and Saudi clubs each have different windows. Al Ittihad are acting legally. A player is being sought after by them.
Does each player have a cost? Will the price rise to the point where Liverpool is tempted to make a profit? So yet, the club has given no evidence that this is the case.
This summer, it has often been demonstrated that Saudi teams pick targets and spend money on them. We’re talking about enormous quantities of money, and we’ve been told that some of these players who are hesitant to go are being promised 50% of their income over the course of their contract up front and tax-free in an effort to get them to sign.
Who will move during the transfer window’s final days before it ends on September 1 at midnight in Scotland and 11pm in England?
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