Michael Emenalo talks about Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future remains up in the air ahead of 2025 with Saudi Pro League clubs continuing to monitor his contract situation with the Premier League giants.
The Egyptian superstar has been with the Reds since moving from AS Roma in 2017 and has become a Liverpool legend over the past seven years, winning every possible trophy and putting up ridiculous numbers.
Salah has broken several records at Anfield in the 359 games he has played for the Merseyside club so far, while producing 217 goals along with 94 assists.
The 32-year-old remains an important player for Liverpool and his efforts have not dropped this season, with the Egypt captain producing six goals and five assists in 10 games so far.
Despite this, the Merseyside outfit have yet to offer Salah a new deal as his current deal expires at the end of the season.
according to Athletic’s James Pearcethe dialogue with the representatives of the wing is still open and continuing, with Liverpool are also trying to sort out the futures of Trent Alexander-Arnold and captain Virgil van Dijk.
However, the further Salah’s contract situation progresses, the more confident other clubs will be in signing the superstar on a free next summer.
Saudi Pro League boss comments on Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah’s future
Saudi Pro League director of football Michael Emenalo believes Salah has so far resisted the lure of the lucrative Middle Eastern competition because he has “unfinished business” at Liverpool, but has refused to rule out a move for next summer.
The Reds rejected a £150m bid from Al-Ittihad in 2023 for the winger and Links with the Saudi league have remained ever since.
Emenalo was recently asked about the possibility of the 32-year-old playing for Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, to which the director of football said via The Liverpool Echo: “I think it depends on Mo.
“The stories that followed our teams after him were true, it is true that there was interest. But like Victor Osimhen, I’m fine with having an interest in signing Mo, but the club has to have an interest in letting him go, and if those things don’t line up, you don’t have a deal.
“Fundamentally, Liverpool did not want to sell and at what price were we willing to buy? We don’t want to buy at a ridiculous amount. The most important part is whether the player is ready to come. I didn’t feel the player was ready to come because he felt he had unfinished business.
“Very few players do it, but you have to leave the club in the right way. When you’re at this level and you’ve done things, it’s important to leave the club in the right way.”
It remains to be seen whether the 2024/25 campaign will be Salah’s last at Liverpool, as everything remains open at the moment.
