Liverpool will nearly double Mohamed Salah's wages as they look to close a deal for one of their prime summer transfer targets.
The Egypt international currently earns £50,000 per week with AS Roma but Liverpool have put together terms worth around £90,000 per week in an offer to his agent Ramy Abbas to bring Salah back to the Premier League - he previously had an unsuccessful 11 month spell at Chelsea in 2014.
Liverpool have been in negotiations with Roma, who need to trim their squad to fit in with financial fair play parameters, and had a £28million rejected on Thursday.
Roma are holding out for a fee closer to £40million but discussions are continuing between Michael Edwards, Liverpool's Sporting Director and Monchi, the renowned negotiator who gained his reputation at Sevilla.
Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's owners, will back Jurgen Klopp this summer and it is likely their outlay will be greater than anything the club has spent before as they look to consolidate the progress that was made last season and ensure they are prepared for a potential Champions League campaign.
At his unveiling this week, Peter Moore, Liverpool's new Chief Executive, confirmed: 'You can expect to strengthen the team. Michael is diligently working away and I will be interested the same as you to see what is going on.'
Asked specifically if there would be significant funds for Klopp, Moore replied: 'You are exactly right when you say there is money to back the manager and the sporting director.'
Salah was a target for Brendan Rodgers three years ago when he was in charge of Liverpool but they could not get a deal done with Basel and he ended up moving to Stamford Bridge.
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