Liverpool tipped to agree ‘£72.8m’ Mohamed Salah deal after source’s latest – pundit
Danny Mills has tipped Mohamed Salah to sign a new Liverpool contract worth £350,000-a-week.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, the ex-Man City and England full-back claimed the club and player are playing “poker” over a potential new deal.
A Liverpool source told Football Insider earlier this month (14 May) that Salah, who turns 30 in June, is prepared to compromise on his previous demands of £500,000-a-week.
The club are increasingly confident that Salah will commit to fresh terms running until the summer of 2026.
A four-year deal worth £350,000-a-week would represent a £72.8million outlay before bonuses and signing-on fees.
“It’s standard negotiating, isn’t it?” Mills told Football Insider correspondent Connor Whitley.
“Liverpool are not stupid, they are not daft. They are saying ‘You want £500,000-a-week? Well, we ain’t giving it to you. If you want it go and get it somewhere else’.
“But it’s like where else is he going to get it? Who else will offer that? They can say ‘You know what, we’ll offer you £350,000-a-week. Who else is going to offer you £400,000-a-week?’
“I’m not sure there is anybody else out there who is going to offer that, especially at the age that he is at.
“Gone are the days of players like Gareth Bale being on £600,000-a-week and all that kind of thing.”
“You start to think, who else is going to pay it? You have a choice, there’s a really good offer on the table but if you want to leave, go and find that money somewhere else.
“If he doesn’t have the offer somewhere else he can backtrack and end up signing for what he wanted probably in the first place.
“It’s a game of poker, it’s a game of bluff and it’s who is willing to fold first.”
In other news, Kieran Maguire has revealed Liverpool are right to be livid as legal proceedings over a £4million payout begins.