EXCLUSIVESaudi Pro League will make ANOTHER move for Mohamed Salah in the summer and make the Liverpool star their top target... despite Al-Ittihad having £200million offer rejected in the summer
- Mo Salah is the Saudi Pro League's top target due to his status in the Arab world
- The Liverpool forward will enter the last 12 months of his contract in the summer
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The Saudi Pro League will make renewed attempts to sign Mohamed Salah next summer with the Liverpool forward the main target in the cash-rich competition’s next phase of expansion.
Al-Ittihad caused consternation at Anfield last summer by making a staggering £200million bid for Salah late in the transfer window which Liverpool were ultimately able to resist, and a more strategic attempt to woo the Egyptian superstar is planned over the coming months.
After investing £750m on new players during the last transfer window the SPL’s spending is set to slow down next year as they are locked into all their broadcast and commercial contracts for the next 18 months, but Salah is regarded as an exception.
The 31-year-old is viewed as an even more important transfer target for the SPL than Cristiano Ronaldo, who provided instant credibility when he joined Al Nassr after leaving Manchester United 12 months ago, as he remains at his peak and is an icon throughout the Arab world.
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The Saudi Pro League will launch another extraordinary bid for Mo Salah in the summer
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Al-Ittihad had a £200million bid rejected late in the summer and while spending will slow down, Salah is seen as an exception
Over 10,000 Egyptian fans were at the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah on Thursday to watch African champions Al Ahly beat Al-Ittihad to reach the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, where they will meet Brazil’s South American champions Fluminense on Monday.
Although primarily a Saudi-government project to diversify the kingdom’s economy beyond oil, the expansion of the SPL has excited passions across the Middle East and Africa, and recruiting Salah would fuel such growth further.
Salah will have 12 months left on his current £300,00-a-week contract next summer, leaving Liverpool with a stark choice between cashing in or offering him a mega deal to end his career at the club.
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Salah will have 12 months left on his deal in the summer, leaving Liverpool with a tricky choice
Salah did not agitate to leave or open negotiations with Al-Ittihad last summer, although it may be different if Liverpool seek to stand in his way at the end of the season.
Liverpool could not compete with the extraordinary tax-free salary of £1.25m-a-week on offer from Al-Ittihad last summer, but given the huge scale of Salah’s earnings off the pitch he could still choose to stay were he to prioritise the sporting challenge of winning more Premier League titles.
In a study published by Harvard Business School earlier this year Salah’s agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, estimated that his clients total earnings were between £46.8m and £53.7m-a-year.
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