With Neymar’s future at Al Hilal unsure, the Saudi giants are reportedly getting ready a blockbuster transfer within the upcoming switch window. Initially linked with Cristiano Ronaldo, the membership has now shifted its focus, making Liverpool star Mohamed Salah their high precedence.
In line with Ben Jacobs through GIVEMESPORT, the Saudi Professional League champions are decided to safe Salah’s signature subsequent summer season. The success of this transfer closely is determined by Liverpool’s stance, as Salah enters the ultimate yr of his contract with negotiations over an extension stalling.
Ronaldo, in the meantime, stays below contract with Al Nassr till 2025, with the membership keen to increase his deal by means of 2026. The Portuguese icon has already expressed his intent to retire at Al Nassr, making a change to a direct rival unlikely.
Past footballing causes, Salah’s potential switch may maintain important strategic worth for the Saudi Professional League. Including Egypt’s largest star to the league would bolster its worldwide enchantment and might even safe a tailor-made broadcasting bundle for Egypt, aligning with the Professional League’s plans to renegotiate worldwide tv rights in 2025.
Whereas Salah has in a roundabout way addressed the switch rumors, his latest message on social media left followers questioning about his future. “Prime of the desk is the place this membership belongs. Nothing much less. All groups win matches, however there’s just one champion in the long run. That’s what we would like. Thanks to your assist final night time. It doesn’t matter what occurs, I’ll always remember what scoring at Anfield looks like,” Salah posted on X (previously Twitter).
Salah already drew curiosity from Saudi Arabia earlier than
This isn’t the primary time Salah has been linked to the Saudi Professional League. In the summertime of 2023, Al Ittihad made an enormous supply of €150 million after an preliminary €80 million bid was rejected. Nevertheless, Liverpool supervisor Jürgen Klopp was firm in maintaining Salah, dismissing any risk of a switch.
“Mo Salah is a Liverpool participant and is crucial to all the pieces we do. If there have been something, the reply can be no… My philosophy in life is that I take into consideration an issue when I’ve it, and there’s completely nothing proper now,” Klopp said on the time, emphasizing Salah’s worth to the group.
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