Wayne Veysey

Fri 5 January 2024 18:00, UK

Mohammed Salah is set for a move from Liverpool to the Saudi Pro League in the summer window.

Speaking on Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, former England and Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson claimed that the talisman’s move to Saudi Arabia this summer is a “done deal”.

Salah was the subject of a £150million offer from Al Ittihad in the summer, but Jurgen Klopp’s side held firm even amid whispers the Saudi club were willing to pay up to a jawdropping £225m to get a deal done.

However, the Egyptian superstar turns 32 in June and will enter the final year of his contract in the summer.

Saudi chiefs have not attempted to hide their continued interest in Salah and it is believed that Liverpool are braced for another massive offer.

Robinson, who is well-connected in senior football circles including in the Middle East where he has done extensive punditry work, is in no doubt Liverpool will cash in.

“For me, it’s a done deal,” Robinson told the Inside Track podcast.

“For his personal ambitions, his personal wealth and for his hereditary wealth to leave for his family.

“Not just that, but because of his religious beliefs. Playing in that league, he will be an icon.

“Cristiano Ronaldo was taken over there at the start of it all, but he can’t play forever.

“Mohamed Salah, in that league, tops Ronaldo. The interest that it spikes and the revenue that he brings to that league.

“That will be the biggest deal that the Premier League has ever seen, I have no doubt.”

Salah has been the Reds’ standout star since his reported £34.3million move from AS Roma in the summer of 2017.

Across 332 appearances for Klopp’s side in all competitions, Salah has bagged 204 goals and 88 assists and has become the club’s fifth all-time top scorer.

His form this season has reiterated his importance to Liverpool, having netted 18 goals and provided nine assists across all competitions.

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