Saudi Arabian clubs want to sign Mohamed Salah but they would need to have a clear indication that he is ready to play there before making a move for the Liverpool forward.
As things stand, Liverpool have not received any approach for the player. Clubs including Al Ittihad and Al Hilal have tried to sign Salah over the past two years but he has never shown the firm desire to leave the highest level of club football in Europe and move to the Saudi Pro League (SPL).
SPL clubs have changed strategy and are now targeting younger players rather than stars approaching the end of their careers, but an exception would always be made for Salah.
Al Ittihad made a £150m verbal offer to sign Salah in September 2023 but the move was made very late in the window when the chances of a deal were slim.
There was a real prospect of Salah moving to the SPL before he signed a new Liverpool contract in April, but talks were also held about a free transfer with rival clubs in the Premier League and Europe.
The door has not been closed on Salah playing for another club in the Premier League, which may be an indication he still believes he has more to offer in Europe, and may feel this is not the right time to move to the SPL.
Either way, Salah's explosive interview after he was an unused substitute in Liverpool's 3-3 draw at Leeds and later , has dramatically changed the dynamic around his future just eight months after signing that two-year deal.
"I have done so much for this club down the years and especially last season," he told reporters at Elland Road. "Now I'm sitting on the bench and I don't know why.
"It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.
"I got a lot of promises in the summer and so far I am on the bench for three games so I can't say they keep the promise.
"I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager and all of a sudden, we don't have any relationship. I don't know why, but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn't want me in the club."
The club decided to leave the 33-year-old out of the travelling squad for Tuesday's Champions League win at Inter Milan following his outburst. Though no disciplinary action has been sanctioned, it remains to be seen if he is involved against Brighton on Saturday.
Ahead of that victory in Italy, head coach Arne Slot said he had "no idea" whether Salah had played his final game for the club.
Omar Mugharbel, the chief executive of the Saudi Pro League, confirmed that Salah is a target for some of their clubs, telling the World Football Summit: "Mohamed Salah is welcome in the Saudi League, but it is the clubs that are responsible for negotiating with players.
"For sure Salah is one of them [a target]."
However, Ben Harburg, the chairman of Al Kholood, said Salah has "underperformed massively" since signing his new Liverpool deal and suggested Saudi clubs should target younger players.
"There's already, even among the public, much more apprehension around his coming into the league," Harburg said.
"He's 33 years old, he got paid a boatload and has underperformed massively since then.
"I'm sure some people like his star power, he's from the region, but my sentiment is that he is not a fit for our league. If it were between him and Vinicius [Junior], I'd take Vinicius.
"I'm hoping we go after those 25-year-old next-wave players rather than guys like Salah, who definitely this would be the last stop of his career."
Carragher labelled Mohamed Salah's bombshell interview "a disgrace" but hopes he has not played his final game for Liverpool.
Carragher, who was also name-checked by Salah in his interview, believes the forward's intervention was premeditated and potentially intended to get Slot sacked after Liverpool twice blew a lead in the 3-3 draw at Leeds.
"I thought it was a disgrace what he did after the game," Your Site pundit Carragher said on Monday Night Football. "Some people have painted it as an emotional outburst, I don't think it was.
"Whenever Mo Salah stops in a mixed zone, which he's done four times in eight years at Liverpool, it's choreographed with him and his agent to cause maximum damage and strengthen his own position."
He added: "He's chosen this weekend to do this now and he's waited, I think, for a bad result for Liverpool.
"You can see the last-minute goal, Liverpool supporters, the manager, everyone involved in the club feels like they're in the gutter at the moment and he's chosen that time to go for the manager and maybe try and get him sacked."
