Dharmesh Sheth believes that Liverpool received’t cave into a possible Saudi Arabian onslaught to attempt to lure Mo Salah from Anfield in January.
The Reds already rejected Al-Ittihad’s provide of £150m for the 31-year-old in September because the Jeddah membership tried to make him the marquee recruit of a unprecedented summer season of spending within the Center East (The Guardian).
Talking to GIVEMESPORT, the Sky Sports activities reporter absolutely expects Nuno Espirito Santo’s group to make one other try at signing the Egyptian however has backed the Merseysiders to face agency for the upcoming switch window no less than.
Sheth said: “He’s nonetheless received one other yr left on his contract after the summer season. I can’t see Liverpool doing any enterprise with Mohamed Salah in January. If they’d their approach they received’t be doing any enterprise with Mohamed Salah in any respect.
“That won’t cease Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Professional League to attempt to get Mohamed Salah. He’s their primary goal, make no mistake about it. It’s just like the dream signing for the Saudi Professional League.
“Liverpool will strive all they will. I do know he’s in his 30s however he simply doesn’t appear to be stopping in his trajectory. He simply appears to be getting higher and higher and higher.”
Sheth’s phrases are a really welcome antidote to the plethora of pundits who look like making an attempt to hunt Salah out of England with their predictions of a transfer to Saudi Arabia in 2024.
Because the Sky reporter appropriately states, the Egyptian is near being in the very best type of his Liverpool profession for the time being, having registered a aim contribution in nearly each sport to this point this season (Transfermarkt).
He’s nonetheless solely 31, so it’s not as if we’re speaking about somebody approaching 40 and really a lot with the top of their enjoying days in sight. Apart from, different mercurial skills like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Robert Lewandowski have continued to excel properly into their 30s.
Maybe the contract expiry date of June 2025 would possibly sway the Merseysiders’ pondering subsequent yr in the case of Salah’s future, as they know they will nonetheless command an infinite charge for the winger.
Nonetheless, changing a participant of that magnitude can be no straightforward feat, and regardless of how a lot any Saudi membership would possibly attempt to provide in January, he’s just too vital to Liverpool proper now for them to even ponder cashing in.
