If the summer of 2023 will be remembered for anything in terms of football, it will be for the route of many top players to Saudi Arabiawhich became more popular than ever.
The names are many: Neymar, Benzema, Mitrovic, Milinkovic-Savic, Firmino, Fabinho, Mane, Laporte are just some of the players who decided to travel to the Middle East, having been “sweetened” by the exorbitant sums offered by the Saudis to attract them to the country’s otherwise weak league.
The… icing on the “cake” of this… brain drain to Saudi Arabia, Al Ittihad wants to put, having set as a priority the acquisition of Mo Salah. The Jeddah team is eager to acquire the most popular player in the Middle East countries, they are paying a “shipload” of money for him and developments are expected immediately.
So far, Liverpool’s resistance has been stout. The “reds” lost Fabinho, Firmino and Henderson by the Saudis, but these were losses they could accept, as steps in a renewal effort. A potential departure of Salah, however, would be another story. The Egyptian striker is the top player on their roster Jurgen Kloppis a ‘Kop’ favourite, and it would be a blow to the team if he took the plane to Jeddah.
The last Saudi proposal was at 180 million, but was not accepted by Liverpool. Still, money… is there for Al Ittihad, which aims to come back with a proposal 250 million euros, the most ever given for transcription! The “reds” may continue to refuse, however if Salah is “baked” in the possibility of going to Saudi Arabia, it is not excluded that the facts will change.
As for his salary Salah, the Saudis intend to tempt him with sums that look like something straight out of a movie. According to reports from England, the Al Ittihad she is willing to offer him around 3 million a week, an amount that corresponds to around 150 million euros a year. Hard to resist a salary like that…
The transfer, therefore, seems far from improbable. Liverpool may not want to lose him, but the Salah he is 32 years old and the club knows that he will hardly be able to find a similar offer in the future in order to let him go. The Egyptian himself certainly knows that similar wages do not exist in Europe. The only enemy is time, as transfers for Saudi Arabian clubs close next Thursday (7/9). It remains to be seen if there will be developments and what they will be…
Source: Sport Fm
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