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Gary Lineker reveals ‘for the money’ transfer joke from Mohamed Salah as Liverpool superstar sees contract run down amid Saudi Pro League rumours

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<p>The Egyptian forward continues to see his contract at Anfield run down. With there <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/my-last-year-mohamed-salah-confirm-liverpool-exit-bids-sign-premier-league-title/blt42f73b9ca1132e57" target="_blank">no indication that fresh terms will be agreed</a>, Salah is due to hit free agency this summer. If he does walk away from Merseyside, then there will be no shortage of takers for his signature.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>A <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mohamed-salah-told-how-become-bigger-star-cristiano-ronaldo-liverpool-forward-saudi-pro-league-transfer/blt08978cea55a8e779" target="_blank">switch to the Middle East has been speculated on</a> for some time, with a hugely lucrative contract being readied in that part of the world. Salah will be <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/harry-kane-mohamed-salah-bayern-munich-why-liverpool-superstar-transfer-england-striker-better-chance-win-trophies/bltf992646092838116" target="_blank">giving careful consideration to all of his options</a>, having also seen an <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/love-mohamed-salah-psg-president-nasser-al-khelaifi-new-vow-liverpool-forward-transfer-rumours/blt133e88f81523a53b " target="_blank">extended stay in Europe mooted</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Ex-England international Lineker recently ran into Salah during a visit to Liverpool’s training ground. He has told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY0nnLehIlc " target="_blank"><em>The Rest Is Football</em></a> podcast of their playful interaction: “He's a lovely guy. I spent 10 minutes with him when I went to visit Arne Slot.”</p>

WHAT GARY LINEKER SAID

<p>Pressed by Alan Shearer on whether he got any <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mohamed-salah-lionel-messi-mls-inter-miami-ask-transfer-question-liverpool-superstar-free-agency/blt84849b5751f6a9f1" target="_blank">inside gossip on Salah’s future plans</a>, Lineker added: “I didn't, no. He was just being funny. He asked me, 'how old were you when you finished?' And I said, 'well, English football I finished when I was 32 and then I went to play in Japan for a couple of years'.</p><p>“And he went, 'ahh, you went for the money did you?' And I said, 'well yeah I suppose so'. And he went, 'Yeah, I might do the same'. He winked at the press guy that was there. It was just a joke. But he has got that cheeky sense of humour.”</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Salah joined Liverpool in 2017. Over the course of <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mohamed-salah-harry-kane-record-matching-premier-league-feat-liverpool-legend-steven-gerrard-man-utd-icon-cristiano-ronaldo/blt377283ab54207bdc#cse20d2c98789a194b" target="_blank">382 appearances, he has hit 236 goals</a>. He has savoured Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup successes, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/usmnt-captain-christian-pulisic-replace-mohamed-salah-liverpool-emile-heskey-brentford-forward-only-one/blt76df5d3ab1ab8805 " target="_blank">more medals being chased down on multiple fronts</a> in 2025.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Gary Lineker reveals ‘for the money’ transfer joke from Mohamed Salah as Liverpool superstar sees contract run down amid Saudi Pro League rumours | Goal.com

Gary Lineker has revealed Mohamed Salah’s “for the money” transfer joke as the Liverpool superstar is linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League.

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