Mo Salah may snub Saudi Pro League move because of furious incident with potential manager

Mohamed Salah could snub a move to the Saudi Pro League because of his past relationship with Jose Mourinho.

However, the Reds rejected the proposal, which is said to have been £100million up front with a further £50million in add-ons, instead insisting the Egypt international was not for sale at any price.

Salah and Mourinho were said to have had a turbulent relationship when both were at Chelsea. Indeed, Salah’s former Blues teammate Samuel Eto'o, once recalled one particular half-time team talk that left the Egyptian in tears.

"It doesn't matter who you are, I remember a game away he had a go at Mo Salah at half-time and he was in tears, he was crying.

"We thought he was going to put him back on the pitch but he destroyed him and brought him off but that was his mentality back then.

"I don't think he would do that now, he has become more mature, and he knows how to deal with younger players, that's how he got the best out of us then and that's why we were successful."

Mikel was then asked if he expected Salah to go on and become one of the world's best players, to which he responded: "No. He was in tears, and what happened is [Mourinho] didn't let him back onto the pitch in the second half. He took him off.

"It would have been easy to just take him off and say 'You're not playing well, off you go, sit down, you're not going back onto the pitch.' But he ripped into him and took him off."