Liverpool will resist any attempts to prise Mohamed Salah from Anfield this summer as they prepare to target the Premier League title next season.

Salah’s return of 36 goals this season, following his £36.9 million move from Roma last June, has meant his value has soared and led to him being mentioned in the same elite bracket as players such as Lionel Messi and Neymar.

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He has earned admiring glances from the biggest clubs in Europe but only Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Barcelona would be able to afford him, after Neymar’s £199 million move to PSG from the Nou Camp last summer changed the landscape. Manchester City and Manchester United know that a domestic rival would not sell them their most valuable asset.

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