Liverpool winger set to ditch Real Madrid in favour of Barcelona

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 02: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates with Sadio Mane after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Sheffield United at Anfield on January 02, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 02: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates with Sadio Mane after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Sheffield United at Anfield on January 02, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Barcelona and Real Madrid could lock horns for yet another common target in the summer, but this time the advantage may be with the Blaugrana.

Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has emerged as one of the top players across Europe since arriving at Merseyside two and a half years ago from AS Roma. Salah has won two Golden Boots in as many seasons in the Premier League with the Reds and is now guiding his side to a much-needed Premier League title. He has attracted interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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Barcelona’s need for a goal scorer is grave due of the fact that they are practically just reliant on Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for the goods. The Catalans’ striker is injured and will probably not be back until next season, whereas Lionel Messi will soon turn 33 and needs to be replaced by the Blaugrana, who visibly struggle without his presence in the squad.

Real Madrid on the other hand need to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with a potent goal-scorer and apart from Kylian Mbappe, they have also shortlisted Mohamed Salah. Nevertheless, the focus of those in Spain’s capital is on signing the Paris Saint-Germain youngster and by the looks of it, his arrival is only a matter of time irrespective of price.

El Desmarque claims Mohamed Salah is thought to be in favour of signing up for the Catalan side after supposed persuading from Samuel Eto’o who played for both the clubs in his illustrious career. With that being said, Barcelona are also thought to be interested in signing the Liverpool ace but their priorities could be different at the moment.

Lionel Messi is thought to be pressurizing the club into landing Neymar from France and that is likely to be the Barca’s priority going into the summer. Moreover, there may be further spending with Lautaro Martinez also being tipped to make a move to the Camp Nou during the summer along with a summer, leading Salah’s transfer to probably wait.

Where do you think Salah would land up if he ends up leaving Liverpool?