Sky journalist now thinks ‘world-class’ Liverpool player will leave Anfield eventually

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah will play for Saudi side Al Ittihad at some point in the future.

Having already signed Fabinho from Liverpool this summer, Al Ittihad are reportedly making a huge push to get Salah from Anfield.

And according to Sky Sports journalist Kaveh Solhekol, there’s a good chance that the 31-year-old departs for Saudi Arabia. If not this summer, then in the future.

“As far as the Saudis are concerned, they are obsessed with signing Mo Salah,” Solhekol reports. “The reason for that is that he is the most famous player in the Arab world, he’s an absolute hero.

“The Saudi Pro League wants to be one of the leading leagues in the world as quickly as possible, and they want Mo Salah playing there.

“I’m not sure it’s going to happen this window, but he’s only got two years left on his contract and the Saudis are willing to throw as much money as it takes at Liverpool and at Mo Salah to get him.

“I’ve just got a feeling that at some time in the future, he will be playing for Al Ittihad.”

Al Ittihad keep pushing for Salah

At some time in the future, all players will leave Liverpool and be playing somewhere else. That’s not the trouble here.

The trouble is if Salah decides to do that between now and September 20th.

There is a crumb of comfort here for Liverpool fans, though. Solhekol himself doesn’t seem especially confident that Al Ittihad will get the Egyptian in this year.

But as we’ve seen with the likes of Jordan Henderson in particular this summer, unexpected things can happen when huge sums of money are put forward.

What happens next will depend on how much importance Mo places on getting some of that money for himself.

Because for all the talk of how competitive the Saudi Pro League can become, the key line from Solhekol here is somewhere in the middle: “The Saudis are willing to throw as much money as it takes at Liverpool and at Mo Salah to get him.”

There you have it. This isn’t about moving for a challenge, or whatever the likes of Henderson have said. This is all about the bottom line. If Mo truly is the competitor he’s so often shown himself to be, he won’t leave Liverpool for that. Not yet. Not now.