Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) have been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.
“Graeme Souness believes Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are set for big money moves to Saudi Arabia,” TalkSPORT reported on Wednesday.
Liverpool have been quiet in the transfer market this summer. No major signings have been made.
In particular, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all a year away from expiring and there is no talk of renewing their contracts.
Replacements need to be found or new contracts signed, but Liverpool have been quiet.
According to TalkSPORT, “Under the rules, Premier League players can formally discuss contracts with clubs abroad from January. This means Liverpool have only a few months to sign their star players to new contracts,” TalkSPORT emphasized. ”In recent years, players have increasingly confirmed their moves to foreign clubs in advance of the expiration of their contracts, with the clubs offering the players a hefty fee in lieu of the transfer fee they would have paid to the other club.” “Salah has been linked with several Saudi Arabian clubs. 메이저사이트 Liverpool are the favorites to be his next destination after talks with the club failed to reach an agreement. Van Dijk has also revealed that he has not been offered a new contract by Liverpool. This means that he too could be on his way out of the club.”
“Both players have a good chance of re-signing with Liverpool. However, Souness doesn’t think so.” “For Van Dijk and Salah, especially Salah, Saudi Arabia is very attractive,” Sneijder said in a recent interview. Van Dijk, given his age, may feel similarly,” he added. Indeed, the Saudis have recently been boosting the quality of the league as a whole by bringing in some of Europe’s top players. Starting with the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo in November 2022, they have since added Neymar, Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, and others.
Recently, it has become more aggressive.
“Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), is preparing to sign the biggest deal in sports history,” Brazil’s GE said on Wednesday. Al Ahly has held talks with Real Madrid to sign Vinicius Junior,” and ”Real has informed them that there will be no deal unless they pay a buyout of €1 billion ($1.5 trillion).” Saudi Arabia also failed in private negotiations with Vinicius. Vinicius declined to travel to Saudi Arabia due to the possibility of winning the Ballon d’Or. GE reported that “Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has informally offered Vinicius a total of more than €1 billion in salary and bonuses over five years. The offer included a role as an ambassador for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.” ‘The Ballon d’Or is so important to Vinicius that he is considering influencing the vote if he leaves the European league,’ GE added.
“Saudi Arabia is pushing to sign Lee Kang-in,” said Foot Mercato, ”with plans to make him one of the highest paid players in the league. It will be an important signing for the Saudi Arabian league to expand its reach.”
Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, as well as his best friend Takefusa Kubo, have also received interest from Saudi Arabia.
However, Salah and Vandijk are looking more likely. Saudi Arabia’s air strikes continue.