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Liverpool have been warned that Jurgen Klopp will not force Mohamed Salah to stay at the club if he wants to leave for a big-money offer from Saudi Arabia. There have been rumours all summer linking the Egyptian with a move to the Middle East, which could be realised towards the end of the transfer window.
Saudi outlet Riyadiyatv have claimed that Salah will complete a move to Al-Ittihad and Liverpool’s trip to St James’ Park on Sunday to face Newcastle will be his final game in a Reds shirt. The 31-year-old has been subject to a massive contract offer and the Merseysiders could receive over £79million from a potential sale.
The German boss has already denied rumours suggesting that Salah could leave, but former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy believes that Klopp will not stand in his star man’s way if the Egyptian forward wants to move. He has previously allowed stars such as Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho to depart Anfield and gave the green light for Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to play in the Saudi Pro League.
“Ultimately it’ll be the player’s decision,” Murphy wrote in the Daily Mail. “If Salah really is set on being the poster boy in an Arab country, I don’t see how it will make business sense for Liverpool to turn down £100million for a 31-year-old who is going to be unhappy.
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“Jurgen Klopp strikes me as a similar type to Pep Guardiola: they regard their club as bigger than any player and wouldn’t want to force someone into staying. On the pitch, though, it would be a huge blow, particularly in the short term. Salah has a history of scoring lots of goals, and important ones as well.”
Klopp has already publicly informed Al-Ittihad that Salah is not for sale, though it remains to be seen whether intervention from the forward would change Liverpool’s plans as they have until Friday’s transfer deadline to sign a replacement.
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Though the Saudi Pro League’s window remains open until September 7, something Klopp has already voiced his concerns about after playing down reports taking Salah away from Anfield.
“It’s difficult to talk about media stories as there’s nothing to talk about from our point of view,” Klopp said on Friday. “Mo Salah is a Liverpool player. There’s nothing there. If there was something the answer would be no [he’s not for sale].”
“My life philosophy is I think about a problem when I have it. At the moment, there’s nothing. I said already if there is something, the answer would be no. [He is] 100 per cent [committed].”
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