Liverpool told Mohamed Salah will '100% leave' after deal struck in summer
Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson believes Mohamed Salah will "100%" leave Anfield this summer as he continues to be targeted by teams in the Saudi Pro League.
The 31-year-old Egyptian, who has fired the Reds to the top of the Premier League with the most goals and assists for his side, is in the final 18 months of the lucrative three-year deal he penned in June 2022 and was the subject of a £150m bid from Saudi Pro League champions Al-Ittihad last summer.
In the days after the Saudi's deadline day approach for Salah in September, Klopp insisted he never had any doubts about the forward's "commitment" to the club and revealed Liverpool were "calm" about the situation.
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However, Lawrenson, who won five First Division titles and a European Cup in his seven years at Liverpool in the 1980s, believes this campaign will be Salah's last at Anfield - regardless of whether Liverpool win the Premier League or not.
Speaking to Paddy Power, Lawrenson said: “100% Mo Salah will definitely leave this summer. No matter what happens this season, I think there was a deal last summer.
"He’ll go and play somewhere like Saudi Arabia and hopefully Liverpool get a massive fee and get a couple of players off the back of it. Salah will be a king in Saudi! He could've gone last summer and stormed into Jürgen Klopp’s office and said ‘I want to go’ but he’s not done that."
Salah has not played for Liverpool since the 4-2 thrashing of Newcastle United on New Year's Day due to participating in the Africa Cup of Nations and then later sustaining a muscle injury. In the eight games
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