Salah is still a target for Al-Ittihad? I thought that they would have given up on this transfer already after Liverpool's turning their first offer down. Because clearly Liverpool want to keep him this season no matter how much Al-Ittihad offer. Normally their latest offer is just insane which is around 200 million pounds. Salah's market value is way below this amount.
But I think Salah could be likely to join a Saudi team after the end of this season. He will have one year to go on his contract with Liverpool in the end. What do you think about this?
For the time being Jurgen Klopp is saved because the transfer window in the Premier League has closed so Mo Salah will stay, but there are no guarantees When the transfer market reopens in the winter and I think the club owner will consider the offer. In several versions that I have read, the Arab League transfer market will close on September 20 2023, but I don't know for sure whether they can still exchange players with the League which has already ended the transfer market. If that can still be done, then Jurgen Klopp is still not safe because of the possibility that in the last minutes Mo Salah was released to Arabs by management.
So it is still quite speculative regarding Mo Salah's future and I think it is difficult for management to refuse the big figure offered by Al-Ittihad. But if that is done it will have an impact on Jurgen Klopp's squad because the Premier League transfer market has closed and they cannot find a replacement for Mo Salah in the near future.
The amount of funds Saudi clubs are tossing around in the transfer market makes me wonder if there are any regulatory body ensuring fair play in the Saudi league. There seems to be no limit to transfer spendings, 200million plus is a huge sum for Liverpool to turn a blind eye to, even if Klopp is reluctant to sell Mo Salah, I am sure the club owners will be tempted to consider the offer.
I don't think there is yet a special supervisory agency regarding the fair play of transfer spending set by football securities in the Saudi league. That can be proven by several clubs there who have spent a lot of money on European players this season. It looks like the Saudi League's scrutiny is not as tight as Europe's as they can still try to woo some players with sizable numbers despite having spent big before on other players. 200 million is a pretty big number and Liverpool can build a much better squad than they are now and I think that consideration will be a management rationale for next.