New Delhi: Liverpool’s Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, is into his final six months of his current contract that is due to expire in June 2025. The winger joined the Reds in the summer of 2017 and has since gone on to become one of the best players the Premier League has ever seen. Ever since his debut for the club, he has been the club’s best player consistently and was a huge part of both, the UEFA Champions League and their Premier League wins under Jurgen Klopp.
He has started the current season on fire as well and recently starred in the club’s 2-0 win over Manchester City, by scoring one and assisting the other as Liverpool went nine points clear at the top. He equaled Premier League and Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney’s record of 36 games in which he has registered a goal and an assist in a single game. Clearly, he is showing that even at the age of 32, the Egyptian has still got it.
Mohamed Salah and PSG have entered talks over a free transfer next summer, talkSPORT understands. 🤯
The Egyptian winger recently admitted he was “more out than in” at Anfield, as he enters the final six months of his Liverpool contract. ⌛️
PSG will face competition to sign… pic.twitter.com/sp7SG4jll6
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) December 2, 2024
However, the club hasn’t yet acted on his expiring contract despite multiple public statements made by Salah in post match interviews, with the latest of them coming after their win over Manchester City last night. Salah said in an interview after the game that as things stand, he has played his last game against City at Anfield, indicating that there has been no progress on his contract situation from the club’s end.
Meanwhile, reputed French publication L’Equipe have linked the winger with a move to French giants Paris Saint Germain, who have reportedly been keeping tabs over his situation for a long while now. Salah had earlier been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League, with multiple clubs interested in bringing the Egyptian over to the middle east and reuniting him with former Liverpool teammates like Bobby Firmino, Sadio Mane and Fabinho.
Good chance that Mohamed Salah might join PSG?
PSG are reportedly in talks with Mo Salah over a potential free transfer next summer, per sources in France 🇫🇷💰⏳ pic.twitter.com/rw1JSUHFeU
— LiveScore (@livescore) December 2, 2024
According to L’Equipe, Salah’s representatives have been in discussions with PSG for quite some time, with their interest reportedly stretching back several years. However, things seem to have changed now as it looks like Salah is more open to the move, and there’s a strong possibility he could join the French giants. Although, PSG have denied any ongoing negotiations when approached for comment by the publication.
While the Paris-based club claims these to be tactics from the 32-year-old’s camp in order to put pressure on Liverpool and have them give into their demands, L’Equipe are vary of PSG’s comments as well. The Parisians have done this in the past as well where they’ve denied about being interested in a particular player, only for them to go and sign the same player regardless.
Despite it being a potential free transfer, landing Salah would still be a huge financial challenge for the French champions. PSG have significantly reduced their wage bill over the past few years following the exits of big names like Lionel Messi, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Marco Verratti, Ángel Di María, and Kylian Mbappé. This financial flexibility makes it possible for them to accommodate a new signing with a €20m (£16.6m) annual salary. However, while a transfer fee can be spread out over the length of a contract, signing a free agent with a substantial bonus upfront presents a more complex accounting challenge.
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