🚨BREAKING NEWS: Mohamed Salah: Saudi club willing to spend 'astonishing' £600 million to become Liverpool star highest-paid athlete in the world

Mohamed Salah, a standout player for Liverpool, might cost Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad an astounding £600 million to become the highest-paid player in the world.

But with only one week left in the transfer window to find a successor, Liverpool will not contemplate the idea of their premium asset leaving Anfield.

After rumors in Saudi Arabia and Egypt indicated that the club’s interest has been revived, they are prepared for Al-Ittihad to transfer in the final week of the English window, only two weeks after Salah’s representative Ramy Abbas said that his superstar client remained loyal to Liverpool.

Following his transfer from Manchester United to Al-Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly paid £175 million annually, which is thought to be the largest wage in football history.

Salah will be given a lengthier contract, at the very least the three-year agreement that his former Liverpool colleague Fabinho accepted when he joined Al-Ittihad at the beginning of August. He signed a two-year deal.

The team and the elder Jordan Henderson, 33, agreed to a two-year contract with a third-year option.

Salah, who turned 31 in June, is the most well-known and marketable Arab athlete in the world. He is seven years younger than Ronaldo.

Despite the wealth of offensive skill at Anfield, he is still Jurgen Klopp’s starting player and Liverpool’s top player.

Salah still has two years left on the £350,000 per week deal he signed last summer, so his transfer price would still be well over £70 million, making the total cost Al-Ittihad would have to spend to wrest him away from Liverpool close to £ 600 million.

With barely any time left this month for the Merseysiders to secure a successor, that outrageous price seems improbable, but Liverpool has learned this summer how the financial might of Saudi clubs has altered the face of sport.

Even if time runs out to complete a move before the Saudi window closes next month, Salah may be sought again with a similarly lucrative contract the following year.