‘Over £150m’ – Mohamed Salah transfer price tag set by Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher amid talk of interest from Saudi side Al-Ittihad

The Egyptian superstar finds himself at the centre of a big-money transfer saga as the summer window in England begins to wind down. There has been talk of the 31-year-old forward being presented with a contract offer from Al-Ittihad that would lift him above Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to the highest-paid players on the planet.

Liverpool, with manager Jurgen Klopp leading the way, have been quick to play down the exit talk, with Carragher claiming that an eye-watering bid would need to be tabled in order for a sale to be considered. The Reds legend has told Sky Sports: “I think it’d have to be over £150 million. I’m not saying he’s worth that right now at his age but I don’t think £100m; you’re not replacing Mo Salah for £100m. If they offered a crazy figure but as I said it is so late in the window. If it was earlier – maybe they might think about it because that is the model that they’ve had in the past but I don’t think Mo Salah is going anywhere.”

Salah is tied to a contract at Anfield through to 2025, with Carragher adding on his immediate future: “I don’t think Mo Salah will go. One because it’s so late in the window. I don’t necessarily thing Mo Salah will want to go and what I mean by that is that Salah will be a little bit like Ronaldo. I can see Mo Salah playing until he’s in his late 30s so I think he might think, ‘I’ve got another three or four years’. Well he’s got another two years on his contract [at Liverpool] so I don’t know if he’ll stay after that but he’ll want to score as many goals as he can, win the biggest honours, break records. I think there’s time for him to go to an MLS, Saudi Arabia, maybe somewhere else in the future in his late 30s because I think he looks after himself. He’s such a professional and I think there’s still a lot more years in Mo Salah right now. But if you actually think of the model of FSG and the reason why Liverpool have had so much success, when someone made a crazy offer for Philippe Coutinho five or six years ago – Barcelona paid £130m. They [Liverpool] didn’t try and replace Philippe Coutinho, they bought Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker and then Liverpool went on to win the lot. So in some ways it is the model of the ownership. You’ve bought Salah, you’ve had great years from him he’s over 30 now and someone made a ridiculous offer from him and it was earlier in the window.”

Salah has scored 187 goals for Liverpool through 308 appearances, with several records broken while helping the Reds to Premier League, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Community Shield triumphs.