00:02Regardless of where Mohamed Salah ends up in the summer, it will be quite the sight seeing him no longer
00:09in Liverpool colours.
00:11During his nine-year spell, the Egyptian has become synonymous with the Anfield club, but next season he will have
00:18a new home after Tuesday's news that he will leave the club at the end of the season.
00:26Saudi Arabia is undoubtedly the first place to consider as his most likely destination.
00:33There is an obvious link with Salah, widely seen as a poster boy for both the Middle East and Arab
00:39world, and such a connection will be massive.
00:42In Saudi's eyes, Salah is a huge asset as the number one Muslim footballer in the world, and in that
00:48sense, it could be a no-brainer.
00:51In 2023, El Itihad made a £150m bid that was turned down by Liverpool.
00:58This was in Jurgen Klopp's final season before Arne Slott took over and guided the Reds to the Premier League
01:05title, fuelled by Salah's incredible season of goals and assists.
01:10With Salah now being able to move for free, that interest will certainly not dwindle.
01:16The SPL will be licking its lips at the prospect of having Mo Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo at the same
01:22time, but can the league afford him?
01:25Now, there was a reported fallout between Arne Slott and Mohamed Salah towards the end of the year.
01:31Then there were sit-down talks between the manager and Liverpool's star player.
01:37Here's what Arne Slott had to say before those talks took place.
01:41What I need is a conversation with him, and I think the next time I speak about Mo should be
01:49with him and not in here.
01:53But yeah, you can keep on trying, but there's not much more to say about it than I speak to
01:57him today.
01:58And like I said, the outcome of that conversation determines how things will look tomorrow.
02:04So, week after the Sunderland game, I think there have been a lot of conversations between his representatives and ours,
02:14our representatives and him, between him and me, after the Sunderland game.
02:20And today I will speak to him again.
02:22There are many other options for the Egyptian player.
02:26Could Salah follow in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and head to the United States?
02:31The wages would not be as big as they would be in Saudi Arabia, but he would still earn a
02:37hefty sum,
02:38especially through sponsorship deals that would come.
02:42The MLS has a wage cap, but also the designated player rule, known as the David Beckham rule,
02:48that allows teams to buy star players.
02:50This has been used before for the likes of David Beckham, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez as well.
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