Liverpool recently turned down a £150m offer from Al Ittihad for superstar player Salah on Deadline Day. The Saudi Pro League side remains optimistic about a potential deal and is likely to submit follow-up bids either in January or next summer. This could present a lucrative opportunity for Liverpool, who may consider the offer from a business perspective. Salah’s current contract with Liverpool still has two years remaining.
An expected world-record bid for Mohamed Salah did not materialize, bringing relief to Liverpool and their supporters as the transfer window closed without an improved offer from Al Ittihad.
Al Ittihad made a £150m offer for Liverpool’s forward on Deadline Day, but Liverpool rejected it. The window for the Saudi club to make another offer is still open for six more days.
The possibility of Liverpool selling Salah to the Saudi club continues to persist, despite the club’s insistence that he is not for sale. The offer from the Saudi club may become irresistible at some point in the future.
“On Deadline Day, our information was Al Ittihad were potentially going to go higher and come back with a revised offer but that offer hasn’t materialised yet.
“We also hear the Saudi Pro League want to remain respectful of Liverpool and don’t want to irritate them by going in with bid after bid after bid.
“So for now it looks as though the dust is going to be allowed to settle. That doesn’t necessarily mean Al Ittihad’s interest is over but they’ve been told that Mo Salah isn’t for sale in this window, it’s been a consistent message.
“They tested the water last week and they’ve been given that response.
“I think there’s every chance they would look to get a deal for Mo Salah done in January and beyond that. Al Ittihad’s stance is that they will not give up on signing Mo Salah. That’s the bottom line at the end of the day, they have not ruled out going back with an improved offer.
“They believe, from their perspective, there is still a deal to be done.
“Remember, Al Ittihad are willing to pay Salah around £1.5m a week, which would make him the highest-paid player in Saudi football. On the other side of that, a sale for Liverpool becomes more and more attractive as time goes on.
“Looking beyond January, you consider next summer a £100m for a player going into the final year of his contract who is in his early 30s, there’s more than an argument to say that makes business sense.
“For now, Liverpool remain of the view, he’s a key player, that’s why they worked so hard to tie him down to a new contract. They pay him £350,000 per week, making him Liverpool’s highest-paid player in their history. And he remains a top performer in the Premier League.
“But as time goes on the chances of an improved offer coming in from Saudi Arabia will increase.”
Liverpool’s next match is against Wolves on September 16th after the international break, with kickoff at 12:30 pm.
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