Details of Salah's GIANT Saudi contract leaked as WORLD RECORD bid confirmed
Robin Bairner
- Updated: 1 Sept 2023 18:21 BST
- 4 min read
Details have emerged of Al-Ittihad’s offer for Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah, with the Saudi Pro League club willing to pay the Egypt international forward more than half a billion euros over the duration of his stay at the club.
Liverpool are determined that Salah will not leave this summer but Al-Ittihad are doing everything in their power to persuade the 31-year-old to complete a stunning transfer.
Al-Ittihad are certainly holding nothing back, with Liverpool Echo writer Ian Doyle confirming that the Saudi club are willing to break the world transfer record to land their man.
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"Al-Ittihad now preparing a £200m [€234m] bid for Mohamed Salah," he says.
That deal eclipses the €222m that PSG paid for Neymar, which is the current world record.
And according to FootMercato, Salah is willing to say yes to a deal if Liverpool accept the Pro League side’s lucrative third offer.
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The French source has outlined the staggering contract that Salah is set to land in Saudi Arabia.
It is reported that he will be offered a four-year deal as a player plus the opportunity to earn money from image rights from three further years. All this would see him on the payroll until the summer of 2030 – when Saudi Arabia hopes to host the World Cup.
Furthermore, Salah is set to receive a total salary package worth €550m. This would make him the third highest-paid player in the world behind Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are each on contracts worth €200m per year.
Liverpool have no intention of selling
Even if the offer is attractive to Salah, it is not nearly as appealing to Liverpool, who can ill-afford to lose their talisman with time running out in the transfer window.
In the worst-case scenario, the Reds could even lose the player after the Premier League summer transfer period shuts as the Saudi Pro League window extends until 7 September.
Liverpool are set to resist offers, but there will come a point when they will have to consider a sale given that Salah is 31 and only has two years left on his current contract.
For the Saudi Pro League, meanwhile, Salah would become the jewel in their crown given his hero status across much of the Arab world.
