In the wake of Mohamed Salah’s damning interview after Liverpool were held to a 3-3 draw at Elland Road, the possibility of a January exit has emerged.
A massive mistake from Ibrahima Konate gifted Leeds United a route back into the game on Saturday after he gave away a penalty when Liverpool were comfortably leading 2-0.
Leeds subsequently restored parity at 2-2 as Liverpool’s defensive frailties were exposed once again. It looked for all the world as though Dominik Szoboszlai had won the game in the 80th minute before Ao Tanaka scored in the 96th minute to send the home crowd into euphoric celebrations.
For Liverpool, it was a new low. The chance to move into fifth place and just eight points behind Arsenal was squandered, and they now face losing their greatest winger ever.
Fabrizio Romano and other reports suggest Mohamed Salah could leave Liverpool in the January transfer window
This season could get a lot worse for Liverpool if they lose Salah in the January transfer window.
According to Fabrizio Romano, this is a reality that could come to pass.
“There is a concrete chance for Salah to leave during the January transfer window,” Romano said on his YouTube channel.
“Salah respects Liverpool, their fans, the club, he didn’t start any official negotiations with the Saudis. Liverpool didn’t receive any proposals so far, so at the moment there is zero between them. But the interest from Saudi remains.
“They wanted Salah last year but he decided to stay. He remains a topic for the Saudis for sure.”
Fichajes reports that Salah stands to earn £90million per season for three years in Saudi Arabia which could be worth a total of £270m for the Egyptian.
If Salah leaves, Arne Slot and FSG will be held accountable
Just months ago, Mo Salah put pen to paper on a club record deal worth £485,000 per week.
While the owners, FSG, will be understandably frustrated with the return on investment they are seeing from Salah, is it his fault?
Sure, the 33-year-old could be playing better, but the situation is far more complicated than that.
Arne Slot was gifted £466million worth of transfers – a boon even Jurgen Klopp was never offered – and has so far failed miserably to take advantage of the talent of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak.
Gone is the free-flowing football that was on show in the first two-thirds of last season. Salah is the biggest loser in the brand of football at Liverpool this season with the Reds seemingly incapable of providing the service he flourishes on.
