West Ham forward Michael Antonio (of all people!) thinks that Mo Salah was ready to accept a move to Saudi Arabia.
He insists that it was Liverpool who rejected Al Ittihad and Antonio thinks the Reds should have accepted their bid. He believes that Salah has won everything with Liverpool so it's natural for him to want to go elsewhere.
"He didn’t turn that down, no way," the striker said, as quoted by the Liverpool Echo.
"He was locked up and the Reds had put that red arrow across: ‘You are not going anywhere’. He did not stop that at all. To be fair to him, he didn’t kick up a fuss and let them do what they were doing. But I know for a fact that he was ready to go."
"What else can he do at Liverpool? He’s done it. It’s [Saudi] a great opportunity for him, he is a Muslim man and it had everything screaming out for him. There was no actual negative for the man to not go. I understand he has a contract, which he has fulfilled.
“So he wins another [Premier League title], do you know what that just means? He has won another. It doesn’t add much to anything else. He has done everything he could possibly do at Liverpool. I am saying to you right now, a Muslim man going to a Muslim country, £215m to Liverpool for a 31-year-old - I just find it completely crazy they’ve not accepted that.
“My question to you is this: what do you think Liverpool are playing for this year? Even if you couldn’t replace the man, let’s call this season a write-off.”
