Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted he is not worried at this moment about any attempt by Saudi Arabian clubs to lure Mohamed Salah away from Merseyside in January.
Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad were reported to have put in a £150 million bid for the 31-year-old attacker that was turned down by Liverpool before the Premier League transfer window closed on September
A second bid of around £200 million was expected before the SLP window closed six days later but failed to materialise.
But SPL director of football Michael Emenalo has made it clear that Salah remains a priority target. “If it didn’t happen, it’s not because we no longer fancy the player, or because we have a problem with Liverpool,” he told Sky Sports.
Nobody is angry, we move on, but we absolutely close no doors and if the opportunity is there to do things and do it well – and it brings Mohamed Salah to the Saudi Pro League we will all be very grateful
In Friday’s press conference ahead of Liverpool’s game at Wolves, Klopp laughed off suggestions that he might be worried about any January bid for his Egyptian striker.
“You are kidding me, yeah?” said Klopp. “A week after we close the transfer window, you ask about the January transfer window
Obviously, you can’t wait until December to ask these questions. We will see what happens. Until then, I’m not worried in this moment.
“I didn’t even think about it until you opened that wound again. No, I’m not worried.”
Klopp also insisted there was no bad blood between him and former captain Jordan Henderson, who did leave for the kingdom this summer when he joined Al Ettifaq.