Gary Lineker reveals what Mo Salah told him about his Liverpool future

Gary Lineker has revealed helium had a chat with Mohamed Salah astir his aboriginal amid rumours helium volition permission Liverpool for the Saudi Pro League.

Salah is arguably the champion subordinate successful the satellite close now, with his performances firing Liverpool to the apical of the Premier League and Champions League.

The Egyptian King has 25 goals and 17 assists successful conscionable 33 games truthful acold this season, astir precocious bagging a brace successful the 2-0 triumph astatine AFC Bournemouth connected Saturday.

That effect has kept Liverpool six points wide of Arsenal successful the rubric contention but not each is rosey astatine Anfield, with 3 of their champion players retired of declaration successful the summer.

Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are yet to motion caller deals, with the England right-back tipped to articulation Real Madrid connected a free.

Van Dijk has precocious suggested helium could permission too, portion Salah has repeatedly stated that he and the nine are ‘far distant from immoderate progress’ connected a declaration extension, though helium does look unfastened to staying connected Merseyside.

It is nary concealed that a nine successful the lucrative Saudi Pro League wants to motion him, with Saudi Arabia’s sports curate precocious saying it would beryllium a ‘pleasure and a privilege’ to person the winger play successful the country,

Discussing Salah’s signifier connected The Rest is Football podcast, England fable Lineker revealed helium had precocious met Salah and the brace had an absorbing conversation.

‘He’s a beauteous guy. I spent 10 minutes with him erstwhile I went to sojourn Arne Slot [for a BBC interview],’ Lineker told Alan Shearer.

‘Did you not get it retired of him whether he’s staying oregon going oregon not?’ the Newcastle fable asked.

Lineker replied: ‘He asked me, “how aged were you erstwhile you finished?”. And I said, “well, English shot I finished erstwhile I was 32 and past I went to play successful Japan for a mates of years”.

‘And helium went, “ah, you went for the wealth did you?”. And I said, “well yea I accidental so”.

‘And helium went, ‘…yeah, I mightiness bash the same’. He [then] winked astatine the property feline that was there!

‘It was conscionable a gag but helium has got that cheeky consciousness of humour has Mo.’

While Salah whitethorn person conscionable been joking, helium does crook 33 successful the summertime and could good beryllium tempted to judge a ample wage time successful Saudi if helium delivers different Premier League rubric to Anfield arsenic expected.

He tin besides assistance Liverpool triumph different Carabao Cup this play but they indispensable archetypal flooded a 1 extremity shortage to Tottenham successful the 2nd limb of their semi-final necktie connected Thursday.

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