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Liverpool 'plot move' for Mohamed Salah dream partner Ramadan Sobhi to stop Real Madrid
LIVERPOOL hope a summer swoop for Stoke City winger Ramadan Sobhi will keep Mohamed Salah happy at Anfield.
Ramadan Sobhi trains with Stoke City teammates
Real Madrid have been linked with a move for Salah as a result of the Egypt international’s stunning form since arriving from Roma last summer.
The 25-year-old recommended Sobhi to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, according to TEAMtalk.
Reds scouts followed Sobhi’s progress before he joined Stoke from Al Ahly in the summer of 2016.
It is claimed they are keeping tabs on his performances again and have seen him in action in recent months.
Despite showing glimpses of promise, Sobhi has failed to set English football alight.
The 21-year-old has chipped in with just three goals and three assists in 41 appearances for Stoke.
He is under contract at the Bet365 Stadium until 2022 but could be available in the summer.
Mohamed Salah has asked Liverpool to sign Ramadan Sobhi from Stoke City
According to TEAMtalk, Stoke are willing to sell for £15million.
That would represent a £10m profit for the Potters.
Sobhi, who has won 19 caps for Egypt, is likely to join Salah in Russia for this summer’s World Cup.
Salah has four years left on his contract but Liverpool are expected to offer him fresh terms.
Stoke are willing to sell Ramadan Sobhi for £15m
Mohamed Salah plays alongside Ramadan Sobhi for Egypt
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested but Anfield chiefs are unlikely to sell in the summer.
Salah has been compared to Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and he is flattered by the suggestion.
"It is certainly a good thing to be compared to a player as great as Messi, who has been at the top for as many years," he said.
"But I only speak of comparison in the number of goals we have scored."
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