Liverpool urged to make Mohamed Salah transfer decision that would save $40M

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Liverpool has been told that it should try to cash in on Mohamed Salah if possible, in order to save a fortune in wages over the next 18 months. Salah signed a two-year extension in April, tying him to the club until June 2027, but it is unclear at the moment whether he will ever play for the club again after the incendiary comments he made in the wake of Liverpool's draw with Leeds on Sunday.

Salah is reported to earn around £21 million ($27 million) per year at Liverpool, so with 18 months left to run on the Egyptian's current contract, Liverpool is looking at an outlay slightly in excess of $40 million in wages if Salah were to see out his deal. Liverpool's former managing director Christian Purslow thinks that it would be good business for the club to try to move Salah on in January and use that money elsewhere.

I think it will play out that he disappears to AFCON and that buys Liverpool a bit of breathing space. He is on a £20m-a-year contract which has 18 months to run.