According to media reports, Liverpool FC has rejected a lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia for top striker Mohamed Salah. Like the broadcaster “BBC” and “The Athleticreport that Saudi champions Al-Ittihad verbally offered the Reds the equivalent of up to 175 million euros (150 million pounds) for the 31-year-old shortly before the transfer deadline in England.
100 million pounds (116.7 million euros) should have been guaranteed, up to 50 million pounds (58.4 million euros) in bonuses could have been added. With the base transfer, Salah would have placed himself just under the ten most expensive transfers in history.
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The Reds gave the club, to which ex-Liverpool professional Fabinho and former Real captain Karim Benzema, among others, had switched, according to the reports, a definitive rejection. Salah, whose contract runs until 2025, is not for sale, it said. Previously, coach Jürgen Klopp had once again ruled out a change in the 88-time Egyptian international in a press conference on Friday. “Our attitude remains the same,” emphasized Klopp. “There’s absolutely no doubt about that.”
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Salah is considered one of the key performers at Anfield – even more so since the departures of ex-captain , Fabinho and , all of whom made it to the Saudi Pro League. The Egyptian has played for the Reds since 2017 and has scored 187 goals for the club since then. He only signed a new contract last year and at the beginning of August his advisor Ramy Abbas Issa emphasized that his client had no intention of leaving the club.
The rumored interest of Al-Ittihad has been around for a few weeks. Salah is considered the most famous Arab footballer and is therefore particularly popular with the sheikhs. However, Klopp had always emphasized that there had been no offer from Saudi Arabia at Anfield to date and that Liverpool would refuse in any case. The Premier League transfer window closes in a few hours, with Saudi Arabia still having a few days left.
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