Mohamed Salah reportedly may have re-joined Chelsea this summer time had he not signed his contract extension with Liverpool.
On Friday, the Reds shockingly introduced that Salah had penned a brand new three-year take care of the membership, price a club-record £400,000-a-week, ending months of hypothesis surrounding the Egyptian’s future.
The prolific winger had only a 12 months left on his Liverpool deal and contract negotiations had continuously stalled, with Salah stated to be unhappy with the wages membership house owners FSG have been providing.
After the sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich final month, it was unlikely that Liverpool would let one other star ahead depart however, in accordance with The Solar, curiosity from Chelsea is what prompted Jurgen Klopp’s facet into giving in to Salah’s calls for.
New Blues proprietor Todd Boehly is eager to make an influence in his first summer time at Stamford Bridge and has lengthy needed to accumulate a number of marquee signings, with former Liverpool ahead Raheem Sterling set to affix from Manchester Metropolis.
Richarlison was additionally linked earlier than his transfer from Everton to Tottenham, whereas Leeds winger Raphinha and Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo are additionally closely linked.
However Boehly had additionally lined up Salah as a possible signing, which might have set the 30-year-old up for a sensational return to West London, eight years after his final sport for the membership.
Salah moved to Chelsea from Basel in 2014 however made simply 13 Premier League appearances, scoring twice, earlier than being loaned out to Fiorentina and ultimately bought to Roma in 2016.
He was publicly criticised by then-Chelsea supervisor Jose Mourinho and was largely dubbed a flop previous to his return to England through Liverpool.
At Anfield he has scored 156 objectives and made 63 assists in 254 video games, successful the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup, and is now thought of to be one of many membership’s biggest ever gamers.
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