Liverpool tipped to sanction huge transfer in 2024 with Saudi ‘in love’ with Klopp favourite
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has explained why he thinks Mohamed Salah will be sold by Liverpool during next summer’s transfer window.
Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Ittihad made a £150m bid for Salah before the English transfer window closed last Friday and this offer was swiftly rejected by Liverpool.
The Saudi transfer window closes on Thursday and it’s been reported that a £200m bid is being prepared for the attacker before this week’s transfer deadline.
Liverpool were never likely to allow Salah to leave the club just before the transfer window closed but interest from Al-Ittihad does not look to be going away and it feels like only a matter of time before the world-class forward signs for the Middle East outfit.
Romano thinks it would have been “completely crazy” if Liverpool accepted Al-Ittihad’s £150m offer for Salah.
“Liverpool are very. very relaxed about that situation,” Romano said via Caught Offside’s DeBrief podcast.
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“I think Saudi will come back because this is something normal for them. Come back in terms of approaching Liverpool, approaching the player’s camp but I think it’s not going to be something concrete or something advanced in any case because Liverpool, honestly, have always been clear.
“Whenever we had all these rumours, Liverpool have always sent the same message: The player is untouchable. Mo Salah is going nowhere.
“I think selling Salah now would be completely crazy for Liverpool. They are now finding the right ideas on the pitch with the new players, with their new midfield that they built in the summer so to lose a player like Mo Salah would be a shock for the squad so for the moment Liverpool are confirming they have no intention to let Mo Salah go.”
Romano later predicted when he thinks Salah will leave Liverpool. He added: “My expectation is probably for Saudi sides to return in 2024.
“In that moment, I think that it’s going to be really dangerous because they could return and have more time to convince the club and there is even more time for Liverpool to replace Mo Salah.
“This is something that was really impossible in the final days of the transfer window; to find a player at the level of Mo Salah, and so I think now it’s very unlikely, almost impossible, but in 2024, it’s something to keep an eye on because from Saudi are really in love with the opportunity to bring Mo Salah there.”
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