{"id":348754,"date":"2026-01-02T20:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348754\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:51:09","slug":"mohamed-salah-agreement-reached-as-liverpool-transfer-prediction-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/348754\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah agreement reached as Liverpool transfer prediction made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mohamed Salah is currently playing for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations \u2013 but the Liverpool forward has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_GettyImages-2253193065.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Liverpool and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah(Image: (Ulrik Pedersen\/NurPhoto via Getty Images))<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mohamed Salah has been urged to shelve any immediate thoughts about quitting Liverpool and secure a fitting <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Anfield<\/a> send-off. Salah accused Liverpool of \u201cthrowing him under the bus\u201d and said his relationship with the club\u2019s head coach, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/arne-slot\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Arne Slot<\/a>, was over in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/spoke-mohamed-salah-fiery-liverpool-33016002\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"an incendiary interview following his side\u2019s 3-3 draw with Leeds United last month.Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">an incendiary interview following his side\u2019s 3-3 draw with Leeds United last month.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Salah was left at home for the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Champions League<\/a> win over Inter Milan before being restored to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> squad for the 2-0 victory over Brighton &amp; Hove Albion after face-to-face talks with Slot. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-egypt-afcon-33136034\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Before leaving for Egypt\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations campaign,Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Before leaving for Egypt\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations campaign,<\/a> the forward also apologised to his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking just days after the interview at Elland Road, Kop icon <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/jamie-carragher\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Jamie Carragher<\/a> pleaded with Salah to remain a Liverpool player until the end of the season to ensure he gets the send-off he deserves before he departs, as he expects, in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/liverpool-35m-transfer-looks-after-33157991\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33157991\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool \u00a335m transfer looks off after Unai Emery makes blunt Harvey Elliott admission<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/alisson-becker-makes-classy-liverpool-33156900\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33156900\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alisson Becker makes classy Liverpool gesture as Ibrahima Konate leaves Leeds man fuming<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And now former Reds midfielder David Thompson has agreed with Carragher&#8217;s thoughts, saying: \u201cThe situation with Slot is a weird one, nobody saw it coming, and at 33 you should accept having a little rest on the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cI hope he hasn\u2019t played his last game for Liverpool, but in all honesty, if the Saudis do come up with an offer, I can see there&#8217;s value in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/mohamed-salah\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Mo Salah<\/a> now, and particularly in this transfer window, you can see Liverpool taking a massive fee for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWhat he&#8217;s done for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Liverpool Football Club<\/a>, he deserves a proper send-off where the fans can say goodbye to him, and he can say goodbye to the fans, because he&#8217;s been a real inspiration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWhen he came out last season to say the club hadn&#8217;t offered him a contract, bear in mind the season he was having and his importance in the team, it was inevitable that the club was going to give him the contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIt&#8217;s been a change of system, a change of style, a change of personnel, and they defend differently from the front now. They don&#8217;t create that chaos, and that chaos is where Mo Salah used to thrive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Liverpool-v-Brighton-and-Hove-Albion-Premier-League-Anfield.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah enters the field of play\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Mohamed Salah was brought on as a substitute during Liverpool&#8217;s clash with Brighton(Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHis performances have not been good enough, and teams have started to exploit that side of the pitch by doubling up and overloading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cIn terms of value and what he brought and the standards, he is a standard-bearer for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Liverpool Football Club<\/a>, and his levels are so high. Everybody else has been hanging on his coattails just to try to get to that level. So he&#8217;s dragged everybody up along with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Clubs in the Saudi Pro League are interested in signing Salah, and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/sam-allardyce\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Sam Allardyce<\/a> believes Liverpool will cash in on the forward if they receive the right offer this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cMake no mistake, Liverpool will sell him if a Saudi club comes in for him with a good offer,\u201d he said on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54e7ir8H1ro\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThere&#8217;s no loyalty either way in football, whether it\u2019s players or when the football club wants to get rid of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThey&#8217;ve done it before. How much did they make off <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/jordan-henderson\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Jordan Henderson<\/a>? Normally, he would have seen his contract out and gone for free, but they got nearly 20 million for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cYou get an offer, and you look at the age of the player, and the club&#8217;s going to go right off you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_JS357945820.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>Blood Red January issue on sale now<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The newest edition of Blood Red \u2013 your new monthly publication from the ECHO covering everything you need to know about what\u2019s happening at Liverpool FC. is on sale now. 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