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Brendan Rodgers could try to sign 'incredible' Liverpool player and bring him to Saudi Arabia this summer - journalist

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Mohamed Salah is being discussed all around the footballing world as he prepares to leave Liverpool, with the most concrete links currently surrounding a move to Saudi Arabia. There were suggestions that due to his age, Salah does not fit the Saudi League, though it’s hard to imagine teams aren’t tempted by the free transfer.



Saudi sides sitting on the fence with regards to Mo Salah transferIt was a Thursday afternoon update from Ben Jacobs that disclosed more details of Saudi interest in Salah. Jacobs has a caveat to the interest, though: “But the strange thing I’m hearing in Saudi is that the clubs would love him, they’re going to be able to finance it.

But they’re reliant on central funding and central dealmakers are still actually debating whether there is value in signing Salah at his age and at his wage.Photo by Alex Pantling – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images“Last summer, they would have done it because they were negotiating the TV rights and they thought that they could sign Salah and get a really lucrative deal in Egypt. Now the central dealmakers in Saudi are less sure whether he’s still going to be the poster boy and have a return on investment.”Salah has passed his peak value, but there is still a very good player in there and someone who will — for lack of a better phrase — put butts in seats.