According to rumors, Mo Salah’s acceptance of offers from Saudi Arabia this summer has enraged Jurgen Klopp.
With Jordan Henderson and Fabinho already relocating to the Middle East this summer, the Reds have already been adversely affected by Saudi interest in their players.
They returned to the transfer market after previously signing Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai earlier in the window as a result of those exits in order to get Wataru Endo.
In particular, Salah, who was Liverpool’s leading scorer last season with 33 goals in all competitions, has to stay put and not leave before the transfer deadline.
Considering how tight the transfer season is, it seems highly unlikely that Liverpool would approve a trade for Salah, but numerous sources indicate that a transfer may be imminent.
According to the Saudi Arabian newspaper Arriyadiyah, Al-Ittihad is “getting closer” to signing Salah this summer and is “on the verge of an agreement” with Liverpool for the Egypt international.
The Reds “accepted informal discussions” when the Saudi team recently returned due to the “large financial offer submitted,” despite the fact that Liverpool “initially closed the door to Salah’s transfer.”
Salah had “wanted to finish his season” with the Premier League team, but Liverpool’s “opening of the door to negotiations made him seriously consider the Saudi offer.”
Al-Ittihad is ‘racing against time to persuade Salah and Liverpool to accept the major deal’ before the Saudi transfer window closes on September 7.
Salah is allegedly ‘one step away’ from leaving the Premier League team for Al-Ittihad, according to the Italian publication Sport Mediaset.
Some reports even go so far as to claim that Salah and Karim Benzema “will team up” at Al-Ittihad, and the Egyptian is claimed to have “enraged” Klopp by accepting the offer.
Salah, 31, has ‘opened up to the notion of a farewell’ and Al-Ittihad is prepared to pay €100 million to convince Liverpool to let him go.
He “gave Al Ittihad the go-ahead to contact the English club with an official proposal,” which severely annoyed Klopp because Liverpool “must hurry to find an alternative.”
If Salah goes this summer, Klopp has selected Johan Bakayoko of PSV Eindhoven as the man they want because the 20-year-old fits the appropriate ‘type’ of player, according to Sport Mediaset.
According to the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, if Salah accepts Al-Ittihad’s €100 million deal, he will make €200 million over the course of three years. This implies the Saudi team might shell out up to €300 million (£257 million) for Salah’s package.
