Liverpool are facing a world record £200million fight to hold on to magic man Mo Salah.
Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain all want the Egyptian strike ace.
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Liverpool face a fight to hold onto £200m star Mo SalahPA:Press Association
His stunning goalscoring season for the Anfield outfit – with 37 goals in 43 matches for club and country – has alerted Europe’s big guns.
And it means Kop boss Jurgen Klopp will have to reject a world record offer to keep hold of his star asset.
Salah’s suitors saw how two months ago Liverpool had to accept the inevitable once Barca met their £145m valuation for Philippe Coutinho.
Now the same could apply with Salah, 25.
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And Europe’s big three are convinced Anfield’s owners Fenway Sports Group would not be able to turn down an offer that would exceed the £198m PSG shelled out to land Neymar last summer.
Salah, who cost the Reds £34.3m from Roma in the summer, is being compared to Lionel Messi and his 28-goal Prem tally means he has scored three more league goals than the Argentine wizard.
Real will drop their interest in Chelsea’s Eden Hazard if they can nab Salah while Barca have already made noises about going for the Egyptian.
The question FSG must deal with is whether it would be better to keep Salah or cash in as they did with Coutinho.
Boss Klopp still has £70m at his disposal and a profit of £165m on Salah would allow him to rival both Manchester clubs in another summer of crazy spending.
Speaking after Salah’s four-goal haul against Watford on Saturday, Klopp said: “He played more on the wing for Roma, where he had a very dominant striker in Edin Dzeko.
“Nobody could know [that he could play as a striker]. We learned it step by step. We didn’t know exactly that he’s capable of playing in the centre.
“But we will not treat him like: ‘You don’t have to train, Mo – just come on Saturday for the game and we’ll see you there at Anfield or whatever.’
“He doesn’t want that. He’s in the moment of his career but he knows there is a lot for him to come. He wants to learn and he wants to improve.”
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