Mohamed Salah transfer prediction made by Sam Allardyce - 'make no mistake'

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Mohamed Salah is currently at the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt, and it is not clear what will happen when he returns to England later this month

Mohamed Salah's Liverpool future is uncertain(Image: AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Former Premier League boss Sam Allardyce believes that Liverpool will sell Mohamed Salah if the club receives a suitable offer during the January transfer window.

Salah was outstanding for the Reds last season, but has endured a difficult 2025-26 campaign, and he did not line up in any of Liverpool's five games preceding his departure for the Africa Cup of Nations last month.

It looked as though Salah's ill-advised chat with reporters in the Elland Road mixed zone at the start of December could spell the end of his Liverpool career, but his return to the fold several days later suggested he had patched things up with Arne Slot – after previously saying that he had no relationship with the Reds' head coach.

However, it remains to be seen how Salah will react if he continues to primarily be used as a substitute upon his return to Merseyside in January – and Allardyce believes the club would choose to sell him if the opportunity to do so were to arise.

“Make no mistake, Liverpool will sell him if a Saudi club comes in for him with a good offer," Allardyce told Footy Accumulators' No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, in partnership with BOYLE Sports.

"There's no loyalty either way in football, whether it’s players or when the football club wants to get rid of them.

“They've done it before. How much did they make off Jordan Henderson? Normally, he would have seen his contract out and gone for free, but they got nearly 20 million for him. You get an offer, and you look at the age of the player, and the club's going to go right off you go.”

Sam Allardyce gave his verdict on Salah(Image: No Tippy Tappy Football Podcast)

Allardyce was joined on the podcast by former Liverpool midfielder David Thompson, and he agreed that the Reds might be better off looking to offload Salah during the winter window.

“The situation with Slot is a weird one, nobody saw it coming, and at 33 you should accept having a little rest on the bench," Thompson said.

"I hope he hasn’t played his last game for Liverpool, but in all honesty, if the Saudis do come up with an offer, I can see there's value in Mo Salah now, and particularly in this transfer window, you can see Liverpool taking a massive fee for him.