{"id":289042,"date":"2023-08-29T00:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289042"},"modified":"2023-08-29T00:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:35:06","slug":"liverpool-say-salah-and-gomez-arent-for-sale-amid-al-ittihad-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/liverpool-say-salah-and-gomez-arent-for-sale-amid-al-ittihad-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool say Salah and Gomez aren&apos;t for sale amid Al-Ittihad interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Liverpool insist Mo Salah and Joe Gomez are NOT for sale as Al-Ittihad register an interest in both amid a Saudi Pro League summer spending spree<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Liverpool do not want to sell Mohamed Salah or Joe Gomez to Al-Ittihad<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson and Fabinho have moved to Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off , Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liverpool do not want to sell either Mohamed Salah or Joe Gomez to Al-Ittihad despite the Saudi Pro League side registering a strong interest in both.<\/p>\n<p>News of Al-Ittihad&#8217;s attempts to lure Salah to Saudi Arabia broke last week, with the links dismissed by Jurgen Klopp ahead of the Reds&#8217; 2-1 win at Newcastle on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that has not stopped the reigning Saudi Pro League champions from attempting to make the Egyptian the highest-paid player in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nuno Espirito Santo&#8217;s side are also looking to bolster their defensive options, and that has led them to pursue England international Gomez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gomez started just 15 Premier League games last season and is keen to play more regular football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813835-12455001-Mohamed_Salah-m-44_1693266760335.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74813831-12455001-Joe_Gomez-a-42_1693266738895.jpg\" height=\"473\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Al-Ittihad are interested in signing both Mohamed Salah and Joe Gomez from Liverpool<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74812945-0-image-a-22_1693264897742.jpg\" height=\"464\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp doesn&#8217;t want to lose anymore players before the transfer window shuts on Friday<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Liverpool are reluctant to lose one of their longest-serving players, particularly with Virgil van Dijk facing further punishment following his red card in the victory at St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have already seen Fabinho join Al-Ittihad earlier this summer in a \u00a340million deal, whilst former captain Jordan Henderson left Anfield to join up with Steven Gerrard at Al-Ettifaq.<\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool favourite Roberto Firmino is also now plying his trade in Saudi Arabia after signing for Al-Ahli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have made a strong start to the new Premier League season without them, remaining unbeaten in their opening three games as they look to re-claim their place in the Champions League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have also been able to add to their own squad recently, signing Japanese international Wataru Endo from Stuttgart for a fee of \u00a316million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74812953-0-image-a-25_1693264926694.jpg\" height=\"641\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fabinho left Liverpool to join Al-Ittihad in a \u00a340million deal earlier this summer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74812961-0-image-a-26_1693264931367.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Jordan Henderson also moved to Saudi Arabia, joining Steven Gerrard&#8217;s Al-Ettifaq<\/p>\n<p>Pursuits of Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia proved unsuccessful though with both midfielders opting to sign for Chelsea instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This has only added to Klopp&#8217;s desire to not lose anymore players before the transfer window closes on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A potential problem for Liverpool and other sides across Europe is that the Saudi transfer window does not shut until September 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Therefore both Salah and Gomez could depart for Al-Ittihad over the next few weeks without the Reds being able to replace them, a situation that Klopp has called &#8216;uncomfortable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12455001\/Liverpool-insist-Mo-Salah-Joe-Gomez-arent-sale-Al-Ittihad-register-amid-summer-sales-Saudi-Pro-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool insist Mo Salah and Joe Gomez are NOT for sale as Al-Ittihad register an interest in both amid a Saudi Pro League summer spending spree Liverpool do not want to sell Mohamed Salah or Joe Gomez to Al-Ittihad Roberto Firmino, Jordan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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