Mohamed Salah continues to be connected to a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.
If Mohamed Salah is taken by Saudi Arabia in the next few days, Liverpool may have the chance to sign the ideal replacement in January. After having a proposal rejected last week, Al-Ittihad is apparently in a frantic attempt to sign Salah while the Saudi Pro League’s transfer market is still open.
Liverpool reportedly rejected down a hefty bid of around £150 million on Friday, choosing to hold onto Salah for the remainder of the English transfer window. However, there is still time to reach an agreement, and there are rumors that Al-Ittihad will shortly return to the table with a more substantial offer.
Jurgen Klopp has reiterated that Salah has not wanted to go and appears certain to remain at Anfield, and there is no sign that Liverpool would budge from their position. Money talks in football, though, so it’s unclear whether another Saudi bid would result in a different outcome for the Reds.
Salah would surely need to be replaced by Liverpool as soon as possible if he were to be moved to Al-Ittihad in the coming days. They could do much worse than to try to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli, who during the course of last season emerged as one of Europe’s best wingers.
Kvaratskhelia is currently committed to Napoli through the summer of 2027, however it has been claimed that he has been negotiating a new contract lately. The 22-year-old wants his pay to reflect his significant role at the club because, according to TMW, he is now one of the lowest-paid members of Napoli’s senior team.
He is reportedly making roughly £16,000 per week right now, which might work against Napoli if they don’t raise his pay before the new year. They might be persuaded to make a large salary increase in an effort to entice him to Anfield, knowing that Kvaratskhelia can step in as Salah’s long-term replacement for a number of years.
The outcome of the matter is still uncertain, and a January transfer is quite likely to depend on whether or not Salah is still at Liverpool. His expected stay with the Reds has been made apparent, and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai insisted on Sunday that his teammate wants to stay at Anfield.
Everyone is talking about football, therefore you know it, Szoboszlai added. “We are overjoyed that he decided to stay. Of course, we are speaking privately, but he wants to remain, he wants to be here, he wants to be with us. We are overjoyed, and we need more teammates like him.