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Al-Ittihad with the mission of buying Mohamed Salah and joining him with Karim Benzema, whatever the cost

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By Gura Garcia

13 Feb 2024, 08:29 AM EST

Al-Ittihad has the clear mission of strongly considering making a record offer to try to sign the Egyptian striker who lives at Liverpool in the English Premier League. Mohamed Salah, after the complicated moment that the institution led by technical director Marcelo Gallardo is experiencing.

According to information provided by The Athletic newspaper, the Jeddah club could make a mega millionaire proposal of a total of 235 million euros to acquire the Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah, which would become the most expensive transfer in the history of world football.

This move for the Liverpool attacker would break the record set by Brazilian Neymar Júnior. (currently Al-Hilal squad player of Saudi Arabia) when Paris Saint Germain paid the 222 million euros of his termination clause to remove him from the Barcelona Football Club in Spain.

According to @TheAthletic, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad will once again go after Mohamed Salah in the June market.
Karim Benzema’s club would prepare an offer of 235 million euros for the Egyptian who has a contract with #Liverpool until 2025.
If confirmed, it will be the… pic.twitter.com/wm2Ys6kg3L

— Bruno Pont (@BrunoPont) February 12, 2024

Together with Benzema or is the Frenchman leaving?

In recent weeks, the controversy with the forward and former Real Madrid player, Karim Benzema, has not stopped being a protagonist on social networks and the media. since at the time he abandoned the team’s training sessions, he reported late to them and the most recent event was the discussion he had with Marcelo Gallardo where apparently the coach asked him to train part of the first team, the French forward refused and preferred to retire.

However, so far there is nothing confirmed about a possible departure of the French striker from the Arab entity, so this arrival of Salah could be a unique and quite positive complement for a team that so far has not managed to meet the expectations generated, especially by the fans.

During the previous transfer market, the club led by Marcelo Gallardo tried without success to acquire the Egyptian player. with an offer of 180 million euros, which was rejected by the English entity without any hesitation.

Being able to incorporate someone like Salah would be a simply impressive fact and would reaffirm Al Ittihad’s commitment to all its fans. to make them understand that they want to continue being a highly competitive club and compete in the Saudi League Pro championship.

“The package offered, estimated to be worth around 1.5 million pounds per week (almost 1.8 million dollars), around four times his current salary, would also help grease the wheels,” the English newspaper warned.

The 31-year-old player, who is in full recovery from a muscle injury after his participation in the African Cup of Nations, is one of the main figures of the legendary Liverpool club, as well as one of the most loved by the fans. English, and that is why all this possible signing continues to make quite an echo. So far this season he has scored a total of 18 goals and has distributed 9 assists in 27 games played with the Liverpool shirt.

Salah’s arrival would not be so simple and that is why Al-Ittihad would also be considering appointing Julian Ward, former Liverpool sporting director, to have a similar position in the Saudi club. Ward, who played a crucial role in the Reds’ acquisition of Argentine player and world champion Alexis Mac Allister, could be key in doing everything possible to convince Salah to join Al-Ittihad, despite Liverpool’s interest in retain your star.

Al-Ittihad, led by Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo, has two victories in a row (Al Faisaly and Al Tai). Regarding the local championship, they are in fifth position in the classification table with a total of 31 units, 22 behind the leader Al Hilal. However, they were recently able to obtain a landslide victory in the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup and are in the round of 16 of the Asian Champions League (they will face Navbahor de Namangan of Uzbekistan).

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