Mohamed Salah is set to stay at Liverpool until the end of the season at the earliest, but a lucrative offer to move to the Saudi Pro League could be presented to him in the summer
18:38, 22 Jan 2026
Mohamed Salah could be targeted for a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia, where Sadio Mane currently plays
Mohamed Salah could be targeted for a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia, where Sadio Mane currently plays(Image: Photo by Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is set to be a main target for clubs in the Saudi Pro League (SPL) this summer.
Salah has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia frequently in recent years, and by the end of this season, he will have one year remaining on the contract extension he signed with Liverpool in 2025.
The Telegraph reports that Salah and Vinicius Junior are the two marquee names that the SPL will target in the off-season.
Vinicius is also out of contract at his current club — Real Madrid — in 2027, and has endured a tough few months in the Spanish capital.
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The SPL is said to have made contact with Liverpool to gauge whether Salah could be available in January, but received no encouragement from the Reds to step up any interest this month.
It is reported that the league's moves for Salah and/or Vinicius could be dependent on the contract situations of a number of big-name players, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Salah's former Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane, who both play for Al-Nassr.
Mane has fewer than six months remaining on the three-year contract he signed with Al-Nassr in 2023.
Meanwhile, Salah returned to the Liverpool squad for the Champions League game away to Marseille on Wednesday after missing the team's previous seven games owing to his involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations.
FARO, PORTUGAL - AUGUST 7: Sadio Mane of Al Nassr FC warming up prior to the Pre-Season Friendly match between Al Nassr FC and Rio Ave FC at Estádio Algarve on August 7, 2025 in Faro, Portugal. (Photo by Maciej Rogowski/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
Mane currently plays for Al-Nassr(Image: Getty Images)
Salah was thrown straight back into the starting line-up, and although he didn't score, he played his part as the Reds rolled to a 3-0 win.
Slot was asked to give his assessment of Salah's return to the side in a post-game press conference and said: "It helps he is already for so long with us so he knows his teammates and he knows how we want to play.
"It says a lot about how big of a professional he is that being away from us for a month in a different team, he was so fit to play 90 today.
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"He was close to a goal, a good ball from Cody and usually that's a goal for him. Tonight it wasn't but it didn't harm us because we scored three.
"I think overall, I saw a lot of very good individual performances, as I saw against Arsenal, as I saw against Burnley and as I saw tonight."