EPL: Salah was ready to join Saudi Arabian club, Liverpool locked him up – Antonio

<p>West Ham striker, Michail Antonio has claimed that Mohamed Salah was ready to leave Liverpool for Saudi Arabia this summer.</p>, <p>However, according to Antonio, the Reds blocked the Egyptian from making the move.</p>, <p>Liverpool rejected an initial £150million bid from Al-Ittihad, but it was rumoured they were ready to increase their offer to £200m offer.</p>, <p>But the Anfield club managed to stave off their interest and keep their player, until at least January.</p>, <p>Antonio insisted Salah was interested in the transfer, but the Reds outright refused to give him that opportunity.</p>, <p>“He didn’t turn that down, no way. He was locked up and the Reds had put that red arrow across: ‘You are not going anywhere’.</p>, <p>“He did not stop that at all. To be fair to him, he didn’t kick up a fuss and let them do what they were doing. But I know for a fact that he was ready to go,” Antonio told the Footballer’s Football Podcast.</p>