Egyptian international Mohamed Salah has scored numerous goals at Anfield and is a Liverpool legend despite his current status.While he has spoken of his attachment to his club, talks with them have remained parallel and have not reached a conclusion in February.
Former England international Gary Lineker, who himself scored many goals for Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur, revealed the content of his conversation with Egyptian King, revealing that he replied with a black joke about his departure.
“He’s a lovely guy. I spent 10 minutes with him when I went to visit Arne Slot.”
“I didn’t ask about his future, no. He was just being funny. He asked me, ‘how old were you when you finished?’ And I said, ‘well, English football I finished when I was 32 and then I went to play in Japan for a couple of years’.”
“And he went, ‘ahh, you went for the money did you?’ And I said, ‘well yeah I suppose so’. And he went, ‘Yeah, I might do the same’. He then winked at the press guy that was there. It was just a joke. But he has got that cheeky sense of humour.”
At the time, the J-League was the league where the money was to be made, but now the frontline has moved to Saudi Arabia.
Unlike the Chinese league not so long ago, some players return to Europe after six months, but the impression is strong that there are few, and in the past year, players in their twenties have also chosen to go to the Middle East, steadily improving their skills.
The Saudi Professional League is ready and waiting for Salah to land, with a fee that could rival Cristiano Ronaldo’s, but how will it end…?