HMRC to lose £10m if Mohamed Salah leaves Liverpool for Saudi Arabia

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Mohamed Salah continues to be linked with a January move to the Saudi Pro League. 16:04, Fri, Dec 12, 2025 Updated: 16:04, Fri, Dec 12, 2025 Mohamed Salah continues to be linked with a potential move to Saudi Arabia (Image: GETTY)Mohamed Salah can reportedly save himself nearly £10million in tax if he leaves Liverpool and joins a club in Saudi Arabia.

Read our Privacy PolicyThe situation has led to suggestions that Salah could seek an exit in January, with numerous teams in the Saudi Pro League thought to be interested in snapping him up.He was the subject of a huge bid from Al-Ittihad two years ago, with Liverpool rejecting an offer in the region of £150million. Players can famously rake in huge salaries in the Gulf state without needing to pay income tax.Salah is currently believed to be earning around £400,000 per week at Liverpool but is taxed a significant portion of his earnings.If he manages to secure a deal of equal value in Saudi Arabia, he would be saving around £9.8m per year in cash that would otherwise be deducted by HMRC, according to JeffBet.A move to the Gulf state would come with a huge financial benefit (Image: Getty)Only time will tell if he ends up completing a January switch, with Arne Slot suggesting on Friday that he was still hopeful of keeping Salah around."I have no reasons not to want him to stay," said the Liverpool boss.

"This club has won a lot of games with him."Slot also revealed that he would be holding crunch talks with Salah ahead of the Brighton game, adding: "What I need is a conversation with him and the next time I speak about Mo should be with him and not in here."There's not much more to say about it. The next time I speak should be with him.