Mohamed Salah gave Gary Lineker a humorous, yet jokey, hint about his future at Liverpool.
Salah has entered the final months of his contract at the Reds and offered little indication to suggest that he will pen new terms at Anfield.
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In November, the 32-year-old claimed he’s ‘more out than in’ before insisting there has been ‘no progress’ on a fresh deal two months later.
Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal have become interested in a lucrative move for Salah whilst his Liverpool future hangs in the balance.
Legendary striker Lineker has since revealed a conversation with the Liverpool forward and how they spoke of his own late career move.
The former England Tottenham, Everton and Leicester star completed a move to Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1992 at 31 years old.
Lineker appeared to admit that he made the transfer for the money, with Salah jokingly suggesting that he could do the same this year.
“I spent ten minutes with him when I went to interview Arne Slot, had a good chat with him,” he said on The Rest Is Football.
“Did you not get it out of him, whether he’s staying or going?” asked Alan Shearer, but Lineker replied: “I didn’t, no.
“He was just being funny, he was just kidding because the Liverpool press guy was there.
“He said to me, ‘So how old were you when you finished?’ I said, ‘Well, English football I was 32 and I went to play in Japan for a couple of years.’
“He went, ‘Oh, you went for the money did you?’ I said, ‘Well yeah, I suppose so.’ And he went, ‘Yeah, might do the same.'”
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Shearer couldn’t help but laugh and then said: “You better stress he was only joking!”
“He was,” Lineker confirmed. “He winked at the press guy that was there, it was just a joke.
“But yeah, he has got that cheeky sense of humour, has Mo.”
Salah could be one of three crucial Liverpool players to leave in the summer alongside Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.
talkSPORT understands Real Madrid are increasingly confident of signing Alexander-Arnold, who is understood to have verbally agreed to a move.
Van Dijk revealed in October that there are ‘ongoing’ discussions over a new deal but then admitted he has ‘no idea’ about how many more Liverpool appearances he will make.
