Mohamed Salah continues to be linked with a money-spinning move to Saudi Arabia.
Liverpool are yet to respond to their latest offer but are unlikely to be keen on selling Salah as they would need to wait until January to land a replacement. The player’s own stance on leaving the club is still unknown, but he has previously suggested that he would have no qualms about staying until he decides to hang up his boots.
Salah revealed two years ago that he would be more than happy to end his career as a Liverpool player, although he conceded that he is unlikely to have the final say on where his future lies.
He went on to explain that he could not see himself ever playing against Liverpool, which would rule out a move to another Premier League side or a top European club. However, Al-Ittihad are unlikely to cross paths with the Reds in future unless they ever meet in a friendly or at the Club World Cup.
It remains to be seen how the situation will play out over the coming days, with Al-Ittihad waiting on a response from Liverpool before the Saudi transfer window closes on Thursday. The Reds have made it clear that Salah is expected to stay and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai insisted over the weekend that his team-mate still wants to remain at Anfield.
“You know it is football, everyone is talking,” said Szoboszlai. “We are really happy that he has stayed. We are of course speaking between each other but he wants to stay, he wants to be here and be with us. We are really happy, we need people in the team like him.
