The Saudi club – one of four taken over by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF in June – are expected to return with an improved bid of £200 million this week. The big noise this week has been around Saudi Arabia’s audacious attempt to sign Mohamed Salah before the Premier League transfer window closed on Friday.Īl-Ittihad’s eye-watering £150 million offer was firmly rebuffed by Liverpool, but this is a story that will not got away in the short term, as the Saudi Pro League’s transfer deadline is not until Thursday 7 September, nor, probably, in the long term. If the Saudis were hoping Salah would agitate for a move after their £150 million bid, they must be disappointed by his professionalism since Friday. Klopp said the Egyptian is as committed as ever so it would have been out of character had it been any other way. In this age of players going on strike, or developing a ‘slight back injury’ when a club makes a massive bid for them, there might be some relief in some quarters that Mohamed Salah is in Liverpool’s starting line-up today. We’ll know a lot more about what stage Klopp’s rebuild is at this afternoon. Villa’s Anfield draw at the end of last season ended Liverpool’s Champions League qualification hopes. He triumphed against Klopp while Sevilla manager but endured some nightmares while Arsenal coach. Unai Emery has a mixed record against Liverpool.
Suspect Jones and Mac Allister will form a deep pairing while the forwards and Dominik Szoboszlai are instructed to unleash hell. Nunez’s inclusion inevitably means a tweak in the formation for Klopp. More surprising is the instant recall of Curtis Jones after injury. As expected, Darwin Nunez has been rewarded for his winning cameo performance last week.
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