Arne Slot will be hoping to convince Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool next season (Image: GETTY)
can continue to play a game of chicken with over his contract despite running the risk of losing him for nothing.
Salah will become a free agent in the summer unless he signs a new deal and has repeatedly spoken about the lack of progress in negotiations.
It remains to be seen where the winger will end up later this year, with still hoping to extend his stay at Anfield between now and the end of the season.
If he decides against putting pen to paper, the most likely solution would be a move to Saudi Arabia with several clubs in the country thought to be monitoring the situation.
Salah is reportedly facing a ‘straight choice’ between Liverpool and Saudi Arabia (Image: GETTY)
Salah was the subject of a huge bid from Al-Ittihad last year, with rejecting an offer in the region of £150million. A transfer fee will not be required if he becomes a free agent in the summer, but he would still command a significant salary.
It seems unlikely that any European club would have the room or resources to land Salah, with reporting that he faces a ‘straight choice’ between and Saudi Arabia.
However, a move to the Middle East would force Salah to abandon the Champions League and ruin his hopes of breaking more records.As a result, can continue to play hardball over a new deal in the knowledge that extending his Anfield stay would be the most attractive option.
That is unless Salah decides to chase the riches in Saudi Arabia at the expense of trophies and records in Europe. Players like Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo have been raking in astronomical wages since leaving for the Gulf state.
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Only time will tell how the situation plays out, with legend Ian Wright among those hoping that Salah will stay in the .
Speaking last month, he urged to give the forward whatever he wants rather than let him join another club on a free transfer.
Wright told Productions: “If are deliberating over the fact like: ‘Yes, he’s having moments at this stage of his career, he’s at that age, should we take a chance?’. I’m going to take a chance.
“Because what’s going to happen is that are in a progressive mode, they’re in the ascendancy, they’re going to bring in players, so even if he’s there but older, he will still have moments. It’s the kind of money I would spend.”