Liverpool will 'definitely' sign Mohamed Salah this summer as part of spending spree in excess of £100m
The Reds want to bring in seven summer signings in total
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool will “definitely” sign Mohamed Salah from Liverpool this summer, according to his fellow Egyptian and former Tottenham striker Mido.
The Reds are expected to complete the signing of the Roma winger by the end of this month as the Serie A side look to comply with Fifa’s Financial Fair Play regulations.
Roma must balance their books by the end of June, according to Corriere dello Sport, and the £35m sale of Salah to the Reds would do just that, with the Italian club already having lined up a replacement for the 24-year-old in Swedish teenager Teddy Bergqvist from Malmo.
Roma are holding out for £40m for Salah but Liverpool remain confident they can bring in the 24-year-old for a second Premier League spell after his short stay at Stamford Bridge, and Mido is certain the move will happen.
“Salah will definitely move to Liverpool,” Mido, who currently manages Egyptian side Wadi Degla, told Kingfut. “It’s just a matter of time.
“Liverpool’s style of play suits Salah perfectly and Klopp’s style suits him.
“I’m not concerned about the competition Salah will face in Liverpool, but I just fear he might not be able to cope with the higher tempo of playing in the Premier League.”
Fellow Liverpool target Dusan Tadic has also suggested he will join this summer after refusing to rule out leaving Southampton this summer.
Tadic’s game time at Southampton has been reduced this season after he fell out with Claude Puel and he has appeared on the Reds’ radar due to his £13m release clause, something he has refused to deny.
The Serbian would be the sixth player to swap the south coast for Merseyside in the last three seasons after Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Rickie Lambert, Nathaniel Clyne and Sadio Mane’s transfers.
Klopp is also eyeing a double raid on Bundesliga runners-up RB Leipzig for Naby Keita and Timo Werner, after the duo helped the club qualify for the Champions League for the first time.
Klopp is desperate to bolster his midfield with Keita one of his top targets this summer, but the German side are reluctant to sell after only signing him from their sister club Red Bull Salzburg last summer.
As for Werner, only three strikers scored more times than his 21 strikes over the course of the Bundesliga season the Reds want a natural goalscorer to help deal with Champions League football.
Chelsea’s Dominic Solanke already set to arrive at the end of his contract, while Hull's Andrew Robertson is an option at left-back given James Milner had been forced to play there throughout this season.
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