Mo Salah

[Frozen Horse]

The whole saudi fantasy football league is going to **** off so many people and clubs all over Europe

I've no problem with clubs in England, Italy and Spain being hacked off over it: it's just what they've done to leagues across the world for decades.
The financial side of it is obscene, but so is the financial side of the PL. We can get hung up over levels of obscenity, but the European leagues are in no position to be righteous.
Then there is the sports washing dimension to it, which I think clubs will care least about, but maybe the rest of us care most about. After all, I've yet to hear a club turn down an inflated fee on ethical grounds.

 

[WilliamMunny]

Also worth keeping an eye on who Newcastle sign on loan in January. Or sort of ‘semi-permanent’ loans maybe, where players are shuttled between Newcastle and the Saudi Pro League.

Rihad Mahrez, Ruben Neves, Marcelo Brozovic, Gabri Veiga, Jota, Sergei Milenkovic-Savic, Malcolm, Moussa Dembele, Franck Kessie, Sadio Mane, Aymeric Laporte…

If Newcastle are struggling a bit then what’s the odds on a handful of these players signing for them in January? You can guarantee that those running the Saudi football operation are already several steps ahead with it IMO.

Aren't Premier League clubs limited to only 2 loans per season viv?

 

[viv_andersons_nana]

Aren't Premier League clubs limited to only 2 loans per season viv?

They are yes, I quickly edited to say ‘semi-permanent’ loans! What’s to stop Newcastle ‘buying’ Reuben Neves in January and then ‘selling’ him back to his Saudi Arabian club - at a huge profit, say, £65m or so, which Newcastle can declare as pure profit - when the English season ends?

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Put this in the transfer window thread but:

They’re only buying him for name recognition. He’s the biggest Muslim footballer in the world, superstar for Liverpool who are massive in the Middle East. It’s not about football ability.

The £150m offer will be available for Mo Salah next summer, the summer after that, and if Saudi is still a going concern, the summer after that.

 

[Kilburn]

The £150m offer will be available for Mo Salah next summer, the summer after that, and if Saudi is still a going concern, the summer after that.

The decision will be Salah's to make. I'm sure there is a deal to be made at a fee that Liverpool would accept. It's whether Salah wants to go into semi-retirement now or in a year or two. Or even the slim possibility that he is one of those rare characters who won't take their coin whatever the temptation...

 

[Gordy1000]

Press are saying 200mill is tipping point. I can't see Liverpool turning that down. For Salah, 3 yr contract at 1.5m per week nett, is 234m. I can't see his agent telling him to turn down that package, in fact I bet he's at Salah's house now packing his suitcase.

 

[Fat_Dragon]

Press are saying 200mill is tipping point. I can't see Liverpool turning that down. For Salah, 3 yr contract at 1.5m per week nett, is 234m. I can't see his agent telling him to turn down that package, in fact I bet he's at Salah's house now packing his suitcase.

Salah is 31 now with 2 years left on current contract. Liverpool would be nuts to turn 200 million down. I'd rather see Salah stay in the Prem but football is a business now sadly.

 

[S7DiscoDown]

150mil..... I'd be driving him. That's a stunning amount. 60mil more than Kane.

He's 31. I simply can't understand why they ain't selling. That said getting in a replacement would be difficult this late.

 

[Jedi boro]

They are yes, I quickly edited to say ‘semi-permanent’ loans! What’s to stop Newcastle ‘buying’ Reuben Neves in January and then ‘selling’ him back to his Saudi Arabian club - at a huge profit, say, £65m or so, which Newcastle can declare as pure profit - when the English season ends?

You called it viv