Mohamed Salah transfer: Al-Ittihad ‘plan B’ if Liverpool refuse to accept world-record bid
Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad are preparing one final offer for Mohamed Salah but will come back in to sign him if they do not land him by Thursday’s 10pm deadline
Al-Ittihad will revisit their interest in Mohamed Salah if they fail to land the Liverpool forward before Thursday’s transfer deadline.
The Saudi Pro League outfit saw a whopping £150million offer for Salah rejected by Liverpool last Friday and are weighing up an improved £200m bid. Liverpool are adamant that the Egyptian is not for sale – no matter the size and scale of the proposal.
And now, according to the Telegraph, sources close Al-Ittihad believe it is too late to get a deal done for Salah, with the Saudi Arabia transfer window slamming shut at 10pm on Thursday.
However, this won’t be the end of Al-Ittihad’s pursuit of Salah. The report claims that the Jeddah-based side are expected to come back in for Salah in future windows if they did not land him this summer.
Al-Ittihad have been busy to add to their squad in the summer transfer window, with Karim Benzema, Fabinho and N’Golo Kante among those to team up with Nuno Espirito Santo. And they wanted Salah to add another piece of quality to their attack as they look to defend the Saudi Pro League title.
As for Salah, he has made no public comment on Al-Ittihad’s interest. But Reds teammate Dominik Szoboszlai did admit that the forward has spoken to the Liverpool dressing room and reassured them he wants to remain part of a close knit team.
“You know it is football, everyone is talking. We are really happy that he has stayed. We are of course speaking between each other but he [Salah] wants to stay, he wants to be here and be with us, and he will stay. We are really happy – we need people in the team like him,” he said on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the season in Liverpool’s win over Aston Villa
Mohamed Salah scored his first goal of the season in Liverpool’s win over Aston
Klopp also spoke about Salah after he scored his first goal of the season in their win over Aston Villa. The Liverpool boss said: “I never had any doubt about his commitment to this club. You can’t imagine how much fuss the world has made but how calm we are with it.
