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The former Premier League manager, Slaven Bilic, said that Mo Salah was on the verge of leaving Liverpool last summer before having a last minute change of mind.
Salah has enjoyed a better campaign of his career at Anfield this season, registering 25 goals and 17 assists in the Premier League to lead the position for the title of Liverpool under Arne Slot.
However, Bilic has revealed how things could have been very different since Salah almost turned his back on Liverpool last year.
The former West Ham chief explained how Salah had agreed to a lucrative movement to Saudi Arabia after being unhappy during the last months of Jurgen Klopp in Merseyside, but chose to stay when the German resigned at the end of last season.
Talk about AlignmentThrough Betmgm and Talksport, Bilic said: “There has been a change this season under Arne Slot since, after having been in Saudi Arabia last year, I know that I was not happy under Jurgen Klopp and we expected to move.”
'The whole Saudi was ready for him and he would have been the star of the league.
Slaven Bilic has claimed that Mo Salah was ready to leave Liverpool until Jurgen Klopp renounced the club
Bilic insisted that Salah was unhappy in the last months of Klopp in Anfield and wanted to move to Saudi Arabia
Salah stayed in Liverpool after Klopp left, and has enjoyed a better race under Arne Slot
“With regard to everyone, it became and Mo Salah would join Al-Ttihad.”
Bilic was in charge of Al-Fateh last summer, but went on to leave the Saudi club in August.
Salah has remained linked to a transfer to the Middle East in recent months, with his Liverpool contract to expire this summer.
He affirmed in January that this will be his “last year” in Liverpool, and the 32 -year -old man has repeatedly spoken about his frustration for not agreeing on a new agreement with the club.
Bilic believes that Salah is likely to move to Saudi, and hopes that the Egyptian end will receive another striking offer in the near future.
“He knows that the movement is there for him when he wants to leave Liverpool,” Bilic added.
'It is not a one -year project “Take or leave it” in Saudi. “