Turkish club Trabzonspor opens talks to sign Salah

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Mohamed Salah is in “transfer negotiations” with Trabzonspor and is expected to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday for talks, the Black Sea club said Tuesday.

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The Egyptian star left Liverpool at the end of last season after an illustrious nine-year spell at Anfield, during which he won the Champions League and two Premier League titles.

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“Mohamed Salah, with whom we have begun transfer negotiations, will be at Istanbul Ataturk Airport… at 12:00 on Wednesday, August 5,” Trabzonspor said in a statement.

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“The player is scheduled to arrive in Trabzon on the same day in the evening hours.”

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Salah netted 257 goals for Liverpool in 442 appearances in all competitions, making him the third top goalscorer in the club’s history.

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He has also scored 193 Premier League goals, 191 of them for the Reds, putting him fourth in the all-time list behind English trio Alan Shearer, Harry Kane and Wayne Rooney.

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The 34-year-old Salah was far from his best in a struggling Liverpool team last term, scoring only seven times in the league.

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He last played at the World Cup, helping Egypt reach the last 16 for the first time since 1934 before they blew a two-goal lead to suffer an agonising loss to eventual runners-up Argentina.

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Salah had also been linked with Trabzonspor’s Super Lig rivals Besiktas.

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Trabzonspor finished third in the Turkish top flight last season, nine points clear of Besiktas, to qualify for the Europa League play-off round.

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Salah has scored 66 goals in 119 international appearances for Egypt and is one of the most successful African players in history.

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AFP

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