Saudi Arabia’s sports minister keen for Mohamed Salah to join Pro League

2034 hosts discussing if World Cup will be in winter
‘To have Mo Salah would be a pleasure and a privilege’

Saudi Arabia’s sports minister says he would love to have Mohamed Salah playing in his country’s top flight, and revealed a winter World Cup in 2034 is “a debate that we’re still having with Fifa”.

Salah has been in sensational form for Liverpool this season but is out of contract in the summer, with speculation persisting that the Saudi Pro League could be a possible destination for the Egyptian.

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