Mohamed Salah makes hilarious Liverpool contract joke | OneFootball

Mohamed Salah made a joke about leaving Liverpool "for the money" in a behind-the-scenes conversation with Gary Lineker, the former England international has revealed.

Lineker recently interviewed Liverpool manager Arne Slot at the Reds' training ground, where he bumped into Salah. The Egyptian is in the final six months of his contract and, if he leaves Anfield this summer, is widely expected to sign a lucrative contract in Saudi Arabia.

"He's a lovely guy,". Lineker told The Rest Is Football of Salah. "I spent ten minutes with him when I went to visit Arne Slot."

Pressed on whether he gained any insight into Salah's future, Lineker insisted he did not but revealed a hilarious interaction with the 32-year-old when asked about his own departure from European football in 1992.

"He was just being funny," Lineker continued. "He asked me, 'how old were you when you finished?' And I said, 'well, English football I finished when I was 32 and then I went to play in Japan for a couple of years'.

"And he went, 'ah, you went for the money did you?'. And I said, 'well yeah I suppose so'. And he went, 'Yeah, I might do the same'. He winked at the press guy that was there. It was just a joke. But he has got that cheeky sense of humour."

Salah has regularly put plenty of public pressure on Liverpool as he approaches the end of his contract, although Slot has urged both parties to thrash out an agreement and end the uncertainty soon.