Liverpool remain confident that they will sign Mohamed Salah despite having a £28 million bid rejected by Roma earlier this week.

Talks are continuing between the two clubs with Roma understand to be holding out for £35m for the Egypt international. The Serie A club had initially demanded £40m.

Liverpool believe that Salah is keen to make a return to the Premier League despite his unsuccessful 11-month spell at Chelsea back in 2014, the club, ironically, he joined in preference to a move to Anfield.

Since struggling at Chelsea Salah has blossomed in Italy but Roma are under pressure to sell as they try to balance their books and the 24-year-old has emerged as one of their most marketable assets.

Rebalancing the squad is one of the key tasks of Roma’s new sporting director, Monchi, who has arrived from Sevilla, and it is believed that they will not try to stop Salah leaving if a fee is agreed. Personal terms will not be an issue given Liverpool are prepared to improve Salah’s wages vastly.