Chris
Your Liverpool FC morning digest is centred on two stories about Mohamed Salah, who could be subject to further transfer interest on the final day of the Saudi Pro League window
Caught by surprise’ – Mohamed Salah transfer message sent as Liverpool brace for Saudi Arabia approach
Jason McAteer believes Liverpool should cash in on Mohamed Salah if Al-Ittihad return with an eye-watering offer in the region of £200m.
The Saudi Pro League champions, who are one of four clubs owned by the Gulf state’s Public Investment Fund, had a verbal offer of £150m swiftly rejected by Liverpool last Thursday. Manager Jurgen Klopp has since reiterated his stance that Salah will not be sold before the Saudi Pro League transfer window closes on September 7 (today)
However, McAteer, who enjoyed a four-year spell at Anfield after joining from Bolton Wanderers in 1995, believes the club’s owners Fenway Sports Group would be unable to rebuff a world record offer should it arrive before this evening.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has given it 12 months before his former club choose to cash in on Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian is undoubtedly the club’s stand-out performer, scoring 188 goals and registering 76 assists across 309 matches in all competitions since his 2017 arrival. Put into perspective, his total goal contributions equate to 29.2 percent of the 902 goals scored during Jurgen Klopp’s tenure, and he was not party to almost two years of the German’s time on Merseyside.
Even the very thought of Saudi Pro League clubs contemplating the idea of bidding for Salah – let alone sending delegations to strike deals this summer – is a chilling idea for Liverpool supporters. However, Carragher suggests that he would accept the hero of this modern-day Reds side moving on. Well, at least next summer anyway, and for an appropriate fee.
The only reason fears of an exit this summer persist is because of the Saudi Arabian transfer window closing tomorrow (Thursday) night – almost a week after England’s – though Al-Ittihad have a number of hurdles to cross, plus as reported by the ECHO on Tuesday, any offer this week will be swiftly rejected.
