Liverpool rejects Al-Ittihad’s £150m bid for Salah

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8 months ago

September 1, 2023

English Premier League side, Liverpool, have rejected a mouthwatering bid worth £150 million ($190 million) from Saudi Arabian club, Al-Ittihad, for star player, Mohamed Salah.

The Egyptian captain has been linked with a move away from the EPL giant for several weeks, with the Saudi club finally making a verbal offer to Liverpool on Friday which was immediately rejected.

According to top journalist and transfer guru, Fabrizio Romano, Al Ittihad’s offer was a guaranteed £100 million, plus an additional £50 million in add-ons which The Reds promptly rejected.

English media also reports that the Premier League club are determined to keep Salah and plan to reject any further offer no matter the size.

Salah, who joined Liverpool from Italian side Roma in 2017, still has two years left on his a new three-year contract which he signed last year.

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp told reporters on Friday:

“The position remains the same, absolutely. No doubt about that. We cannot sell Salah. That’s how it is. Nothing else to say.”

Also reacting to the Al-Ittihad link, Salah’s representative, Ramy Abbas, said:

“Mohamed remains committed to Liverpool. If we considered leaving Liverpool this year, we wouldn’t have renewed the contract last summer.”

The 31-year-old African star has scored 138 goals in 221 appearances during six seasons at Anfield, winning the Premier League Golden Boot on three occasions.

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Al Ahly, Esperance to clash in CAF Champions League final

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1 day ago

April 27, 2024

Akanimoh Etim

Two of Africa’s club giants, Egypt’s Al Ahly and Esperance of Tunisia, will do battle next month over two legs for the right to be crowned champions of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.

Title-holders Al Ahly and their long-standing rivals Esperance both booked their places in the final with dramatic semi-final victories over DR Congo”s TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa respectively on Friday night.

While Al Ahly, winners of five of the last seven editions of the continent’s top draw tournament, with a record 11 in total, overcame TP Mazembe with a 3-0 aggregate victory in the semi-final second leg after a goalless first leg last Saturday, Esperance surprised Sundowns with a 1-0 victory in Pretoria to wrap up a 2-0 aggregate win.

The two-legged final will mark the third encounter between Ahly and Esperance in the Champions League final, with the Egyptians winning in 2012 and the Tunisians triumphing in 2018.

In 2023, the two clubs clashed in the semi-finals with Ahly emerging victorious home and away, securing a 4-0 aggregate triumph.

Esperance who are aiming for a fifth Champions League title, will host the first leg in Rades on May 18, with the return fixture scheduled in Cairo seven days later.

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Former Zambian captain Rainford Kalaba discharged from hospital after near-fatal accident

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2 days ago

April 26, 2024

Akanimoh Etim

Former Zambian national team captain, Rainford Kalaba, has been discharged from hospital weeks after he was involved in a near-fatal accident where he sustained serious injuries.

The accident which involved a head-on collision between a Mercedes-Benz car in which Kalaba was in, and a truck, had initially sparked fears for his life and has since been in the Intensive Care Unit of the Zambian University Teaching Hospital (UTH).

The good news on the footballer’s progress was released by the UTH Public Relations Officer, Nzeba Chanda, who informed that the Chipolopolo legend has been discharged after showing positive signs of recovery.

“Mr. Rainford Kalaba has been discharged from the UTH-Adult where he was admitted after being involved in a road traffic accident two weeks ago,” Chanda said, adding that Kalaba will continue his recovery at his family home.

According to local media reports, the 37-year-old was a passenger in a Mercedes Benz when it collided with an oncoming truck in the south-eastern Zambian town of Kafue a week and five days ago.

In his active playing days, Kalaba spent the majority of his club career at TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, winning the CAF Champions League with the club in 2015 and the CAF Confederation Cup in 2016.

He also had a spell with clubsides in Portugal including FC Braga, and was a major part of the Zambian squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012 under Frenchman, Herve Renard.