Saudi delegation “arrives” to complete the transfer of Mohamed Salah, with Liverpool receiving a $189 million replacement. Liverpool does not intend to lose Mohamed Salah, but a Saudi Arabian delegation may have other ideas.
A replacement has been proposed by Paul Merson in the interim. According to the Daily Mail, a Saudi Arabian delegation has arrived in London to make one more attempt to sign Mohamed Salah. A massive $252 million (£200 million/€234 million) bid is expected to be made for the player’s services. That would surpass the transaction in which PSG completely altered the transfer market by triggering Neymar’s release clause, which Barcelona had purposefully set high to deter interested parties. Liverpool has already turned down a $189 million (£150 million/€176 million) offer from Al Ittihad because the Reds don’t want to lose Salah at a time when they won’t be able to find a replacement.
Jürgen Klopp stated earlier in the week, “I never had any doubt about his commitment. He is our player and wants to participate in this game. “. Additionally, according to Dominik Szoboszlai, Salah told his Liverpool teammates that he wanted to stay at Anfield. Although the opportunity to earn roughly five times his current salary might be alluring, he would be giving up the chance to compete for awards at the highest level of the game by moving to a league where the quality is currently far below that of the European game.
Al Ittihad thinks Salah can be persuaded to play in the Saudi Pro League and must have received some support given that it is still pushing for the transfer to happen. But it is anticipated that it would take an offer significantly higher than even the proposed record bid for Liverpool to be persuaded and for FSG to risk jeopardizing the Reds’ season.
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