Liverpool Star Salah Offered To FC Barcelona, Reports SPORT

Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s camp has offered the forward to FC Barcelona according to SPORT, which cited anonymous sources.

The Egyptian becomes a free agent from June 30 onwards, and has strongly been linked to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.

The Pro League outfit parted ways with an ex-Barca star Salah is often compared to in Neymar, and it is ready to pay the veteran $54 million (€50 million) a season to replace the Brazilian – now back at Santos – and continue his career in the Middle East.

Talks between Al-Hilal and Salah’s representatives are described as “advanced”, but that hasn’t stopped the latter party reportedly offering him to Barca.

SPORT previously reported that there was prior contact between the Catalans and Salah’s team at the end of 2024 as the January transfer was about to open, yet no offers or firm negotiations materialized.

As the end of the European club season fast approaches, Salah still hasn’t revealed his next employer while on the verge of his 33rd birthday.

Yet he fits the profile of the exact kind of forward Hansi Flick seeks to bolster his squad, and one which is able to play either out wide or as a striker to provide back up to Robert Lewandowski.

Barca’s well-documented financial woes make any potential move difficult, however. Not having to pay a penny to Liverpool to sign one of its greatest ever players is obviously a huge plus, but Salah is said to currently take home around $19.3 million (£15 million) a term at Anfield which the Blaugrana – also linked to his teammate Luis Diaz, who would be far more expensive in terms of a transfer fee – is unable to meet.

Salah would have to massively reduce his wage demands to switch to Catalonia, but the player being offered to the La Liga giant leads Barca to believe that he wants to continue his career away from Liverpool and the Premier League.

Salah appears interested in “enjoying a competitive adventure at the highest level in European football”, but the ball is now in his court as per earning much less money than he could make in England and especially in Saudi Arabia.