Mohamed Salah is reportedly earning about £1 million per week in total income and he is the highest-paid player in Liverpool’s history.
Abbas said this while speaking with Harvard Business School who delved into a study of Salah’s contract with Liverpool.
Salah’s agent also claimed that by the summer, the contract discussions with Liverpool had “broken down entirely”.
This led to several transfer speculations linking the Reds’ talismanic forward to an imminent exit from Anfield.
According to reports, Salah was no longer interested in continuing his career at Liverpool and was eyeing a transfer exit.
Mohamed Salah signed a three-year deal just weeks after the talks had halted.
Speaking on Mohamed Salah, Abbas said: “When you have put your requests on the table and you don’t get anything you’ve asked for, you have to start thinking about parting ways.”
The Egyptian was also quoted saying: “I have been positive about the negotiations from the beginning but now that Ramy told me they have not agreed to anything we wanted, I see things differently.”
“I feel like the club wants me to stay, and I want to stay, but it’s hard to get a deal done.”
| Source of Wealth | Football |
| Salary/Winnings | €33 M |
| Endorsements | €17 M |
| Agent | Ramy Abbas Issa |
| Sponsors | Adidas, Pepsi, Vodafone |
The report by Harvard Business School also detailed the negotiations and talked about the moment Abbas made the ‘final’, make-or-break offer to Liverpool.
Speaking on the counteroffer, Abbas along with Mohamed Salah said in a joint statement: “We are still very far apart.”
“Mohamed isn’t going to throw away his contract because of a 5 percent difference in what we are asking for and what they are willing to give – it is much more than that.”
Abbas went on to add: “If we find a way to get Liverpool to agree to the salary we have in mind and if Mohamed performs at a level he has achieved in the past seasons…”
“We conservatively expect the total amount received by Mohamed and the image rights companies over the next few years from both his playing contract and his image rights contracts to be somewhere between €54m (£46.8m) and €62m (£53.7m) per year.”
Mohamed Salah, 31, spoke before his contract renewal and said: “Renewing at Liverpool would be one of the biggest milestones of my career.”
“But we have to do this the right way. I’ve learned throughout my career that if you want to be successful, it is important to invest in yourself not just physically but also mentally, Mohamed Salah added.
“That is true on the field, but also off the field. You have to control your emotions and be ready for the pressure.”
Futballnews understands that it was assumed that Liverpool agreed to Abbas’ demands in the absence of further details of what transpired.
Other reports claim that while the study does not conclude how much Salah is paid, sources claim that he earns more money from third-party endorsement deals.
As of the time of writing this, Mohamed Salah has commercial deals with sportswear brand Adidas as well as Gucci, and PepsiCo and rakes in a total weekly paycheck of £1million.
