{"id":302554,"date":"2023-12-16T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T09:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302554"},"modified":"2023-12-16T09:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T09:25:33","slug":"saudi-pro-league-rule-out-attempt-to-tempt-mo-salah-from-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/saudi-pro-league-rule-out-attempt-to-tempt-mo-salah-from-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Pro League RULE OUT attempt to tempt Mo Salah from Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Saudi Pro League RULE OUT attempt to tempt Mohamed Salah away from Liverpool in the January window five months on from jaw-dropping \u00a3200MILLION last-minute offer<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Merseyside club rebuffered staggering bid days before summer window shut\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Salah has another 18 months left on his latest contract with Liverpool\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;There&#8217;s no bigger waste of time!&#8217; What is the point of the Club World Cup? It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saudi Pro Leagues are unlikely to make a move for Mohamed Salah during the January window, less than six months after missing out on the Liverpool superstar, the league&#8217;s director has shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Salah was one of the nascent league&#8217;s major targets of the window amid speculation that the Egypt international was prepared to leave Anfield after six years on Merseyside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ittihad had\u00a0tendered a staggering \u00a3200million bid for the 31-year-old but Liverpool were determined to cling on to their player, and formally rejected the bid just ahead of the summer window closing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Jurgen Klopp said he was never in doubt that Salah would stay, adding: &#8216;he is our player and wants to play here.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, reports suggest that the timing of the bid had ruled out the move from Liverpool&#8217;s side, and that if the Saudi offer had arrived sooner, it might have been considered by both player and club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/08\/79030181-12871055-image-a-44_1702715100233.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah is unlikely to move away from Liverpool during the January transfer window<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/08\/79030175-12871055-image-a-45_1702715105312.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Saudi Pro League&#8217;s director of football Michael Emenalo said that clubs &#8216;respect&#8217; Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>But in an interview with Sky Sports, the league&#8217;s director of football\u00a0Michael Emenalo ruled out a second attempt on the heels of the first abortive effort in the upcoming window.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mo Salah, like (Lionel) Messi, (Karim) Benzema, (Cristiano) Ronaldo and the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, these are players that when there is a sense of availability for them, we are willing to listen,&#8217; said Emenalo, who previously served as Chelsea&#8217;s director of football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But we also understand that Mo is happy where he is at present and in a historic, wonderful club at Liverpool. We respect that very much and we don&#8217;t want to come across as putting any pressure on him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But if there is any interest to do something, Mo Salah is a player that you want in your league, in any league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We respect Liverpool and in this scenario, the initiative to do anything won&#8217;t come from us. There has to be an aligned interest from all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/08\/79030183-12871055-image-a-46_1702715109394.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old has another 18 months left on his latest contract with the Merseyside club<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/16\/08\/79030187-12871055-image-a-47_1702715117585.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Summer suitors Al-Ittihad attracted a number of European stars including Karim Benzema<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a very personal thing, as a player that I recruited (for Chelsea) and I like,&#8217; he continued. &#8216;There&#8217;s nothing I&#8217;m saying that is new or ground-breaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If Mo Salah is available, has an interest to come and everything is aligned, I would be incredibly delighted.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ittihad burnished their squad with a number of top-flight transplants in lieu of Salah, including Chelsea&#8217;s N&#8217;Golo Kante, Salah&#8217;s former team-mate Fabinho, and former Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, despite their heavy recruiting during the summer window, the side crashed out of the Club World Cup on Friday evening following a 3-1 defeat to Al-Ahly at their home ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12871055\/Saudi-Pro-League-tempt-Mohamed-Salah-away-Liverpool-January-window-transfer-200M.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Pro League RULE OUT attempt to tempt Mohamed Salah away from Liverpool in the January window five months on <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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