Liverpool rejected an opportunity to cash in on star man Mohamed Salah after Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad offered the Reds £150m for the services of the forward.
The club maintains that Salah is untouchable and are not willing to negotiate any price regarding the Egyptian.
However, it is understood that Al-Ittihad may not back down easily as they are still very much interested in Salah.
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The Saudi Pro League transfer window is still very much open until 7 September. That means even though the English summer transfer window is now officially closed, players within the various divisions in England can still make moves to Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, there are talks that Al-Ittihad are likely to return with an improved offer in the region of £200m. That’s quite huge.
Strategically, it should be noted that even if Liverpool accept any such bid, they will not be able to make any new signings until the next transfer window in January.
Liverpool manager and German tactician Jurgen Klopp has also made it clear that Mohamed Salah would not be sold.
Salah remains committed to Liverpool – Issa
Although 31-year-old Salah has not spoken about his transfer saga, his agent Ramy Abbas Issa wrote in a social media post on 7 August: “Mohamed remains committed to Liverpool. If we considered leaving Liverpool this year, we wouldn’t have renewed the contract last summer.”
Even though Salah’s party and Liverpool may now seem to forge ahead, the winger’s departure may not take so long to happen.
If Salah joins Al-Ittihad for that amount or around it, then he would be the biggest capture of all the big names rolling into the Saudi League.
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Meanwhile, Liverpool have not found a direct replacement for Salah. This is definitely one big reason why they are not willing to let him leave, at least for now.
Klopp’s side already lost former captain Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to the Saudi League.
Liverpool strengthening
The Reds have since recruited Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai. Liverpool had lost two transfer battles to Chelsea in deals involving Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.
Liverpool also signed 30-year-old Japan captain Wataru Endo from Stuttgart in bid to strengthen their midfield.
Additionally, the Merseyside outfit has successfully secured the services of 21-year-old Ryan Gravenberch from Bayern Munich. The Dutch player signed on deadline day in a deal worth £34m.
Liverpool still possess a brilliant attacking arrangement that features Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez and for the meantime, Salah.
It is now expected that the midfield additions will provide good combination with these forwards to achieve success this term.
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The Reds have seen Salah faithfully serve the 2020 UEFA Champions League winners. The Egyptian has scored 187 goals in 308 appearances for Liverpool since he was signed in 2017.
Once the September 7 deadline day for Saudi transfers pass, Liverpool faithfuls will be able to breath a sigh of relieve knowing that for the next five months at least, Salah will still be around, marauding defences in the Premier League. Until then, we keep fingers crossed.
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