Mohamed Salah has been linked with a move away from Liverpool, with Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad keen on signing the player.
Al-Ittihad have recently had a £150 million offer turned down for Mohamed Salah. And the Saudi Pro League champions are now prepared to submit a fresh offer of around £200 million for the 31-year-old Liverpool talisman.
It will be interesting to see if Liverpool are prepared to sell the player when the offer is presented. Salah has been a key player for the Reds since joining the club, and he has been one of the best goalscorers in Liverpool’s history. The 31-year-old has been instrumental to the Reds’ success under Jurgen Klopp, helping them win multiple titles over the years.
Losing a player of his quality would be a devastating blow for the Reds, and they will struggle to replace him this summer. The transfer window closes later tonight, and Liverpool will not be able to attract someone of similar calibre within such a short space of time.
In addition, Liverpool are not in the Champions League, and the top players will want to join a club in the top four. Selling Salah would not only weaken Liverpool’s attack, it would also jeopardise their chances of returning to the Champions League next season.
But Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has suggested that a £200 million offer might be hard to turn down. The well-respected pundit believes that Salah is probably worth around £100 million. And if the Saudi Arabian outfit decide to pay well over the odds for him, Liverpool should look to consider the offer.
The Reds signed the player for a fee of around £43 million back in 2017, and he has proven to a raging success. It will be interesting to see how the situation develops over the next few hours.
He said on Sky Sports, “When you look at what Harry Kane went for, about £100m, and he is a year or two younger but he only had a year to go on his deal at Spurs. Salah has two years to go, he looks after himself really well. For Liverpool to sell now, they aren’t going to want what he is worth, they will want more than that.
“He wouldn’t be worth £150m without the Saudi market, probably closer to £100m. But why have they left it so late? If they wanted him so badly, and they were prepared to spend the money, why didn’t they do it six months ago when they might have got him?
“It is up to Liverpool and it is up to Salah, he may not want to go. I think even for supporters who love him and don’t want him to move, if that number keeps going up and up, there is a stage where they can’t turn it down, and that would be £200m.”
With a near-world-record bid probably coming from Saudi Arabia, it will be interesting to see if Liverpool’s resolve finally breaks. But Carragher is seemingly convinced that £200 million will get the job done.
