Approach made: Saudi club keen to lure ‘best-in-class’ Liverpool giant who’s prepared to engage

Liverpool fans are no strangers to seeing Saudi Arabian approaches for prized assets at Anfield, with several former Reds having been enticed to the Middle East.

Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Bobby Firmino all left Merseyside for the Gulf state in 2023, while their former teammates Sadio Mane and Gini Wijnaldum are also playing over there, and Steven Gerrard previously had a spell in charge of Al-Ettifaq.

More recently, several current Reds (including Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz) have been linked with Saudi Pro League clubs...