The Liverpool forward that rejected an offer from Real Madrid

While Los Blancos is a destination of choice for the mercurial football whiz, others may not be so tantalised as in the case of the Egyptian Messi, mo Salah, who according to former Egypt assistant Hany Ramzy, rejected an offer from Real Madrid in order to remain at Liverpool in 2018.

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The forward has, unsurprisingly, been linked with a move away from Anfield during his goal-filled time at the club, with Madrid and Barcelona usually cropping up as the suitors expressing interest. “When I was working with Hector Cuper, [the national team] had a training camp in Switzerland and I was talking to Salah and he told me that Real Madrid had sent him an offer,” Ramzy told OnTime Sports.

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The Egyptian Messi is said to have rejected a Real Madrid deal back in 2018 (Image: Sourced).

The offer was really good but Salah discussed it with me and Mr Cuper, and he decided to stay with Liverpool because he was comfortable there.” Ramzy was at the training camp merely lending his support the squad at the time.

Following an injury-marred Champions League final with Madrid in May 2018 – which the latter won 3-1 courtesy of goals from Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale – Salah returned to fitness in time for the World Cup later that summer. He scored Egypt’s only two goals in the tournament as they finished the group stage without a point.

Salah is ambitious; he told us that he wanted to win Afcon three times in a row like Egypt did in 2006, 2008 and 2010,” Ramzy added on the forward, who is currently bidding to become the first Egyptian player to win the Premier League, and will be anxiously waiting to see whether the league season can be completed en route to the momentous milestone.

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