Sky Sports journalist shares what he’s now heard about Mo Salah leaving Liverpool for Saudi Arabia

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With the January window just a day or so from opening, we are already talking about Mo Salah and his Liverpool future.

The summer months were full of rumours surrounding Salah and his departure. Saudi Arabia heavily pursued the Liverpool star but in the end, Salah remained at Anfield.

That decision has been brilliant for Liverpool. Salah looks back to near his very best form and the Reds now sit top of the Premier League table ahead of Arsenal.

However, with January just days away, talk on Salah is starting again. And Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth has said that when it comes to the summer months, nothing can be counted out, including a potential new deal for the Egyptian.

Mo Salah could yet leave Liverpool in 2024

Speaking for Sky Sports on the situation around Salah, Sheth said that nothing should be ruled out when it comes to Salah’s Liverpool future.

“This is the real deal. They want to bring in some of the best players in the world. Mohamed Salah, they’ve made no secret. It’s no secret they desperately want Salah in the pro league. They want him. Are they going to get him in January? You can almost guarantee there’s no chance of that happening as Liverpool simply won’t entertain that. Come the summer, he’s got 12 months left on his contract,” Sheth said.

“That’s where it will come to a head. Whether the position of Liverpool, what happens this season, what Mohamed Salah wants to do. What kind of talks they’ll have over a new contract. It will have to come to a head because Liverpool won’t want to lose him for nothing. There’s nothing to say that he won’t sign a new deal at Liverpool. We don’t know what’s going to happen. What we do know is that Saudi Arabia do want Mo Salah.”

Salah signing new contract would be huge

It would be absolutely enormous whichever way this one ends up going.

From the Saudi side of things, if they managed to get Salah involved they’d be getting the most popular footballer in the region to sign and it would massively boost their league.

For Liverpool, keeping Salah for a few more years would be simply massive. Despite him being past 30 now, Salah remains absolutely essential for the Reds and his form this season has shown how good he is.

Salah will comfortably go down as one of Liverpool’s best ever players.

And if he can go on for a few more years and keep driving the standards at Anfield, then the Reds fans will be delighted.