Liverpool have completed the signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma.
Sources have said that the total deal is worth €39 million and could be a club-record transfer fee, depending on exchange rate of the British pound against the euro.
After completing a medical on Thursday, Salah becomes Liverpool’s second signing of the summer, following Chelsea youngster Dominic Solanke.
Salah signed a five-year deal, one source said, and will wear No. 11, with Roberto Firmino agreeing to move to No. 9.
“I’m very excited to be here. I’m very happy,” Salah told Liverpool’s website. “I will give 100 per cent and give everything for the club. I really want to win something for this club.
“We have a great team and very good players. I was watching the games last year and everyone was giving 100 percent to win something.
“Everyone can see the coach gives everything. I hope to see that together we can give everything to win something for the club, for the supporters and for us.”
Liverpool’s pursuit of Salah goes back to the winter of 2014 when he nearly joined the Reds before eventually opting for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea.
However, his stay at Stamford Bridge was relatively short and unsuccessful, making just 19 appearances across two seasons.
The Egypt international moved to Fiorentina on loan in February 2015 before signing permanently for Roma last summer after a loan spell at the club.
The 25-year-old helped Roma finish as runners-up to Juventus in Serie A, scoring 15 goals in 31 league appearances.
Liverpool have been keen to recruit another winger since last summer, with manager Jurgen Klopp interested in Christian Pulisic and Bayer Leverkusen’s Julian Brandt, but neither appears likely to move this summer.
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