{"id":448876,"date":"2026-01-31T05:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448876\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T05:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:10:08","slug":"fsg-tipped-to-complete-stunning-100m-double-sale-as-bayern-star-eyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448876\/","title":{"rendered":"FSG tipped to complete stunning \u00a3100m double sale as Bayern star eyed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have been told to consider selling two Anfield legends for a combined \u00a3100million (\u20ac115m \/ $137m), while the Reds have been given a lift in their pursuit of a Bayern Munich star.<\/p>\n<p>There continues to be speculation about Mo Salah\u2019s future after his public criticism of the club and Arne Slot last month, though he might not be the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> icon to depart\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Pundit suggests double Liverpool sale<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion and England goalkeeper Ben Foster has discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/mohamed-salah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salah<\/a> and Van Dijk completing emotional Liverpool exits via a \u00a3100m double sale.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FozcastTheBenFosterPodcast\" target=\"_blank\">Fozcast<\/a>, the pundit said:\u00a0\u201cVirgil\u2019s nowhere near the player he was at this point last season and with\u00a0Mo Salah, there\u2019s all sorts kicking off with him. It\u2019s why clubs are so wary about giving contracts to older players. These are big earners as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d like to think that they\u2019re probably both on \u00a3300,000 a week. If you go giving them two or three-year deals, then I just think you get to that point where you finally sign it and you go, \u2018Right, that\u2019s me done.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing to suggest personally that they would have a drop off, except the hundreds of players before them that have done the same thing. Their character suggests to me that they wouldn\u2019t do that because they are professional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we have seen it so many times where big-name players sign that big deal and then the drop off is phenomenal. If they could get \u00a340m or \u00a350m for Mo Salah, and probably the same for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/virgil-van-dijk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virgil Van Dijk<\/a>, you\u2019re taking it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It emerged recently that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/mo-salah-receives-new-saudi-approach-with-liverpool-to-bid-e100m-for-sensational-replacement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Saudis are preparing to try again for Salah this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get the inside story first by joining our <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.messenger.com\/channel\/teamtalk\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk Facebook channel<\/a> to receive the latest breaking and exclusive news straight into your Messenger inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Centre-back signing boosted<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s hopes of capturing Dayot Upamecano from Bayern Munich have risen following a key update on his future.<\/p>\n<p>Our transfer insider Graeme Bailey has revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-dayot-upamecano-hopes-soar-bayern-munich-contract-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayern have told Upamecano their contract offer will only remain on the table for weeks, not months<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have set the deadline as they look to prevent Upamecano from leaving on a free transfer when his current deal expires this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Bavarians are adamant they will not improve their proposal, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/dayot-upamecano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Upamecano<\/a> is weighing up all his options.<\/p>\n<p>We can confirm that Liverpool have spoken to the centre-back\u2019s entourage to discuss a potential transfer. Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan have all made contact, too.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that Bayern remain confident a new deal will be agreed, though they are genuinely concerned about the strong interest from England, given the financial power of Premier League sides.<\/p>\n<p>Slot, Salah theory emerges<\/p>\n<p>Danny Murphy has suggested Liverpool sacking Slot could help them to keep Salah for an extra season.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Salah will likely leave this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/bombshell-mohamed-salah-exit-update-arne-slot-sack-interlinked-egyptians-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Murphy replied<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI think so, yeah. I know he\u2019s contracted longer, but with what\u2019s gone on, how the team\u2019s performed and how he\u2019s performed, I think it would surprise most people if he stayed for another year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only caveat would be if a new manager came in and really wanted to build a team around him, try to get one more year out of him and have that conversation. I don\u2019t know Mo Salah personally, but maybe he\u2019d be given a new impetus, a new lease of life, with a different manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems that although he\u2019s played since he came back from AFCON, things maybe aren\u2019t the same as before. We don\u2019t think there\u2019s been an apology \u2013 we haven\u2019t heard of that \u2013 but they\u2019ve got on with it for the good of the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInevitably, as you get older, you probably struggle, like most of us did, to come to terms with the fact that you\u2019re not necessarily as important, that you don\u2019t play every game and every minute, no matter what you\u2019ve done before. Even though what he\u2019s done before is phenomenal. I think it would be a surprise if he\u2019s still wearing a Liverpool shirt at the beginning of next season\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have been told to consider selling two Anfield legends for a combined \u00a3100million (\u20ac115m \/ $137m), while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[109016,22261,64,63,190706,596,585,1613,48081,1614,193353,85,968,36454],"class_list":["post-448876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-the-news","tag-arne-slot","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dayot-upamecano","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-liverpool","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-premier-league","tag-pundits","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-virgil-van-dijk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}