PSG sent clear Mohamed Salah transfer instruction over Liverpool star
Former Ballon d'Or winner Ruud Gullit suggests that Liverpool's Mohamed Salah would not be good signing for Paris Saint-Germain because "he's old."
Year-in, year-out Salah has defied expectations on Merseyside. In his first season back in 2017/18 it was by breaking the then-record for goals scored in a Premier League campaign, and following that he has kept up such figures to become the club's top scorer of the Premier League era, while sitting fifth on the all-time charts.
At 31 years of age he boasts 24 goal contributions in the league this term, which is bettered only by Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins - even though the Egyptian has played only had 136 minutes of club action since the turn of the year.
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Now despite no evidence of slowing down yet, Gullit believes that Salah's age means he could move from Liverpool to be a success as part of a PSG team that has all but one Ligue 1 title nine time over the last 11 years.
Gullit voiced this opinion during beIN SPORT's Champions League coverage on Tuesday night. The French giants had just secured their spot in the quarter-finals of the competition, though look increasingly likely to lose talisman Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid this summer.
Host Richard Keys posed the idea of Salah as a potential multi-million pound replacement, boldly suggesting that "we know he is leaving [Liverpool]. Of course the No.11's contract only runs through to 2025, and if not resolved before next winter then the Reds risk losing their star man for free also. Gullit was not keen on the move, and was
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