Overview
- Salah left Liverpool at the end of June and is now a free agent actively seeking a new club.
- Advanced talks with Beşiktaş collapsed after the club and Salah’s representative Ramy Abbas disagreed over contractual clauses and commission demands.
- Turkish paper Sabah and multiple outlets reported on July 31 that Al‑Ittihad have offered roughly $25 million a year and that Salah has accepted with signatures described as imminent, but no club or player announcement has been made.
- Other suitors remain in play, including MLS teams, Turkey’s Trabzonspor which reportedly put forward a two‑year €17 million‑a‑year proposal, and newly promoted Saudi side Al‑Diriyah monitoring the situation.
- The likely move would underline the Saudi league’s financial pull and the outsized role of agents in late‑career deals while raising questions about Salah’s sporting fit given Al‑Ittihad’s recent instability and heavy expectations.