A well-known former participant who is a better football player than Cristiano Ronaldo

 A well-known former participant who is a better football player than Cristiano Ronaldo

The 31-year-old Egyptian still has one year remaining with the nine-time league champions.

Following Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp's departure from the English football team earlier this month, there were rumors that Mohamed Salah, the team's striker, would follow him to Saudi Arabia to join Cristiano Ronaldo.

If Mohamed Salah were to leave The Reds, former Liverpool player Jose Enrique believes that he could surpass Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo in popularity in Saudi Arabia.

For a two-and-a-half-year stint, the 39-year-old Ronaldo joined the Saudi Pro League in January of last year. The striker has been setting and breaking records ever since he joined Al-Nassr. Ronaldo recently finished the most recent season as the top scorer in the league of the Middle Eastern nation.

Al-Ittehad made Mo Salah's team an offer of £150 million last summer, but The Reds turned it down. The 31-year-old Egyptian still has one year remaining with the nine-time league champions.

While speaking with a company Grosvenor Sport, Jose Enrique said: “Mohamed Salah isn’t quite the player he was three years ago. He doesn't take on defenders as much, though he’s still a phenomenal goal-scoring machine.” He was quoted by the Liverpool World as saying: "If I were Liverpool, and the right offer came in — say, over £100 million — I’d seriously consider it. A move to Saudi Arabia could easily fetch that kind of money."

"With Salah, there's the Saudi option, and he could become an even bigger star out there than Cristiano Ronaldo," said the manager of Liverpool, who knows that his fans might not agree with him and that they want all of their best players to stay. Salah finished the season with 25 goals and 14 assists as Liverpool won the EFL Cup.