Does Mohamed Salah play in Saudi Arabia?

Hossam Badir, director of the business development sector in the Saudi agreement, said that supporting sports came as part of the general development plan in the Kingdom for all institutions.

Badir added, "We keep pace with the development by contracting with big names at the level of players and coaches. Gerrard is a distinguished coach and succeeded in winning the Scottish League without defeat with Rangers. We invited him to visit the Kingdom and the club, then negotiations began."

Negotiate with Gerrard

And he continued: «We did not negotiate with Gerrard because of his name only, but because he kept pace with the plan of the agreement club for development, and when he came he was interested to see everything, and visited the school, housing and hospitals and saw the nature of work and life in the city and then asked for time to think before completing the negotiations».

He pointed out: “We did not promise him the impossible, but we promised him to make his task easy because his success is part of the team’s success. Our goals for the next season are to secure an Asian seat and achieve the King’s Cup title. We do not want to burden him from the beginning by winning the Saudi League.”

Mohamed Salah

He revealed: “Mohamed Salah is not among our plans, and we did not contact him, and we believe that he will continue in Europe for the coming years, but if we see him in Saudi Arabia, he will not be with us, unfortunately, for financial reasons.”

He concluded, “We will soon announce the contract with two or three names from international stars.”

Paris Olympics

Brazilian Rogerio Micale, coach of the Egyptian Olympic team, puts Egyptian star Mohamed Salah at the top of his choices for the senior players in the Olympic team's list participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Egyptian Olympic team has the right to strengthen its ranks with three senior players before participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to the regulations organizing the tournament.

Michaeli had previously announced that if he qualified for the Paris Olympics, Mohamed Salah would be his first choice, hoping that his efforts would succeed in including Mohamed Salah in the list participating in the Paris Olympics.

Mikali said in a press conference held in August 2022, "Summarying Mohamed Salah to the Paris Olympics is not an easy matter. Good coordination must be made for his presence, as there is difficulty in seeking help from the big players in light of their clubs' adherence to them."