'Toxic combination': Saudi chief doesn't want Salah in the league | OneFootball

The wind is really blowing against Mohamed Salah right now. After his fallout with Liverpool FC and coach Arne Slot, a separation seems inevitable. But not everyone in the desert state is thrilled about the rumored move to Saudi Arabia.

“He is 33 years old, he got a lot of money a year ago or so, however much it was exactly, and since then he has massively underperformed,” Ben Harburg told 'HaytersTV'.

The American is the club owner of Al Kholood, a team in the top-tier Saudi Pro League. “He doesn’t strike me as a particularly good team player. As an owner, when I look at how he has behaved there [at Liverpool]... if a player doesn’t perform, then he’s not in the starting eleven. We don’t put anyone on the field just because of what he did three seasons ago or even last season,” the American adds.

His harsh conclusion: “All of this adds up to a pretty toxic combination of factors for me. So I’d rather not want him to come here. I’m sure some people like his star factor, he’s from the region, but in my opinion, he doesn’t fit into our league.”

If he had the choice, Harburg says he would rather buy Vinicius Jr., because he hopes that “we’ll focus more on 25-year-old players of the next generation than on people like Salah, for whom this would definitely be the last stop of their career.”

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