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Liverpool fans could be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu over Mohamed Salah and the Saudi Pro League. The Egyptian King has been repeatedly tied to moves to the Middle East for close to three years now, with the saga almost routine by now.
The long-running courtship between Salah and Saudi Arabia’s big-spending project is well known and has become increasingly draining for the Anfield faithful. In the summer of 2023, Al‑Ittihad tested Liverpool’s resolve with a huge £150 million offer as the Saudi window neared its close, amid claims Salah had even settled personal terms with the Jeddah club, only for Liverpool to shut the door.
By 2025, months of doubt over his future ended when Salah penned a two-year extension to keep him at Anfield until 2027, seemingly killing off talk of an imminent Saudi switch. Yet here in February the Saudi Pro League’s chase for Salah has burst back into life once again after Karim Benzema departed from Al-Ittihad and Cristiano Ronaldo’s feud with the league that’s caused him to be absent from Al-Nassr games.
Simon Mullock of the Mirror has reported that the Saudi Pro League is gearing up for another Mohamed Salah offensive this summer and will look to at least triple his current £400,000-a-week Liverpool wages. He adds: “The Saudis are desperate for the Egyptian talisman to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, who is threatening to walk away from his bank-busting £3.35million-a-week Al-Nassr contract after going on strike over the way the SPL has been conducting transfer business.”
“They would want any deal to be finalised before Salah goes to the World Cup with his country.”
Saudi chiefs are reportedly also banking on the fact that the coming summer will be Liverpool’s last chance to net a transfer fee for Salah should he not extend his contract past 2027.
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