Mohamed Salah: Al-Ittihad think Liverpool star is open to move with £200m offer incoming
Al-Ittihad are determined to sign Mohamed Salah from Liverpool before the Saudi Arabia transfer window shuts
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Al-Ittihad will reportedly push their offer for Mohamed Salah towards the £200million mark.
The Saudi Arabian side failed with a mega £150m on transfer deadline day, with Jurgen Klopp adamant his talisman won't be on the move.
According to the Daily Mail, however, Al-Ittihad remain hopeful of signing Salah before the Saudi transfer window shuts on September 9.
They're set to increase their offer closer to the world-record fee for Neymar, who moved to PSG from Barcelona for £200m back in the summer transfer window of 2017.
Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring for Liverpool against Aston Villa on Sunday
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Salah was impressive on Sunday as Liverpool beat Aston Villa, scoring his side's third goal of the game.
Speaking afterwards, Klopp said he'd never had any concerns over the 31-year-old's commitment to the cause.
However, Al-Ittihad remain confident and think Salah would be open to making a spectacular move to the Middle East.
Some in the Saudi camp are said to feel the team will switch focus to other targets should they fail to get any encouragement by Tuesday.
Others, however, feel they'll pursue Salah right until the deadline.
Al-Ittihad have already raided Liverpool for Fabinho so far this summer, with the Brazil international leaving Merseyside after six successful years.
They also recruited N'Golo Kante from Chelsea, while Karim Benzema touched down from Real Madrid.
Salah has been at Liverpool ever since arriving from Roma in 2017.
He has won all major trophies during his spell in Merseyside, including the Champions League in 2019 and Premier League title in 2020.
Salah has also scored 188 goals from 309 appearances, too.
Speaking after Liverpool beat Villa on Sunday, meanwhile, Klopp was asked about Salah and said the veteran didn't want to leave.
He played a top game. Mo had to work super hard and he did," said the German.
"I never had any doubt about his commitment to this club.
"You can’t imagine how much fuss the world has made but how calm we are with it. He is our player and wants to play here."
And Dominik Szobozslai also backed up his manager's comments, having scored the first goal of the game for his team.
"It feels always good to win, even away, but at home against I don't know how many people I am glad to score my first goal and there are going to be more coming," he said.
"It's always different, in the first home game we started not so well and against Newcastle we didn't so the important thing was to come out well now and finish with 11 men.
"We did quite ok, quick to 2-0 and came out good and scored a goal in the second half too.
"You know it is football everyone is talking [about Salah]. We are really happy that he has stayed.
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Jurgen Klopp is adamant Mohamed Salah wants to stay at Liverpool amid Al-Ittihad transfer interest
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"We are of course speaking between each other but he wants to stay, he wants to be here and be with us."
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