Mohamed Salah Was Ready to Join Chelsea Before Liverpool Offered Him Better Deal

• Liverpool hero Mohamed Salah was considering joining Chelsea before eventually putting to paper a new three-year deal with the club
• Salah joined Chelsea in 2014 from Basel but had an underwhelming time in London before he was sold to AS Roma
• Liverpool offered Salah a better deal to tie him down to a long-term contract with top clubs such as Chelsea salivating for his signature

Mohamed Salah was reportedly ready to re-join Chelsea before Liverpool offered him a new and better offer.

Past reports had indicated that Salah did not mind ditching Liverpool for another Premier League club should he not get his desired contract at Anfield.

Liverpool shocked everyone when they made Salah the best-paid player in the Premier League in a new three-year deal. The Reds are understood to have been jostled by Chelsea's interest in the Egyptian as Sports Mole reports.

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Jurgen Klopp's side were not ready to lose another star player after seeing Sadio Mane leave the club to sign up for Bayern Munich. Chelsea's interest was considered a strong one given that the club needs attacking reinforcements.

Had the transfer gone through, Salah would have rejoined a club that he played for between 2014 and 2016.

His spell at Chelsea was underwhelming as he only registered 13 Premier League appearances. He was sold to AS Roma before returning to the Premier League with Liverpool.

It has been a highly- successful spell for Salah under Klopp where they have won every available trophy to them. Salah will now hope to help Liverpool wrestle the title from Manchester City next season.

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Sports Brief had earlier reported that Gary Neville had thrown a cheeky damper at Liverpool after Mohammed Salah penned a new deal to stay at the club.

Salah is set to be a Liverpool player for at least three more years after the Egyptian finally signed a new contract on Friday, July 1.

The signature put an end to speculation that Liverpool had slapped a price tag on Salah only days after Sadio Mane’s departure.