The Saudi Pro League remain intent on signing Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah for Al Ittihad.
The Liverpool forward is still on a list of players the country wants to sign and he has been on that list all summer.
While the Premier League’s transfer window closes at 11pm on Friday, Saudi Pro League clubs can make signings for almost another week with their transfer window closing on September 7.
They are willing to pay Salah £1.5m per week and Liverpool a transfer fee of more than £100m.
Liverpool are still adamant the Egyptian is not for sale, have no intention of selling him, and there has been no offer
One source has told Sky Sports News the Saudis are working on a deal that could be worth £150m including add-ons.
They are hoping to test Salah’s commitment to Liverpool, despite his agent Ramy Abbas ruling out a move earlier this month, with a lucrative salary that could make him Saudi Arabia’s top earner, ousting Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.
Al-Ittihad and the Saudi league are aware Liverpool will refuse to budge on their stance that the Egyptian is not for sale.
And the figures being mentioned – in the region of between £130m-£150m inclusive of add-ons – will not soften that position.
They are therefore hoping that they can successfully tempt Salah to push for the move.
The 31-year-old has been nothing but professional through the noise over this situation thus far.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are intent on signing the Liverpool forward, who has scored once in three games for the club this season.
