Mo Salah has received a first public offer for his next move after announcing his departure from Liverpool.
On Tuesday, Liverpool's record goalscorer confirmed in a social media video that he will be leaving after nine seasons.
Salah still has a year remaining on his Liverpool deal but has reached an agreement to leave earlier than anticipated and call time on a decorated stint on Merseyside.
The 33-year-old will not be short of potential suitors and has been heavily linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League in recent times.
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But a switch to the MLS could also be on the cards, with Oddschecker putting any MLS side as a 6/4 favourite to secure Salah's signature.
Following up on that, Brad Sims, CEO of New York City FC, has expressed an interest in Salah and said he would "love" to have the Egyptian represent them.
"I would love to have Mo Salah," Sims said, speaking at the Sports Business Journal Business of Soccer conference.
"We have not had any discussions with him or his people. What is most important is does the player want to come to MLS and be in New York City.
“We are not going to go out and sell someone on New York, the league or our club. We want players who really want to be here.
"And the other thing about star players is you need to make good choices... You need the guys who are going to be the hardest trainers, good team mates and good for the locker room and the culture. We do a lot of due diligence, and not just on star players."
Off the back of the announcement, Salah's long-time agent Ramy Abass released a strong statement where he said, "We do not know where Mohamed will play next season" and added that "no one else knows" as he urged fans to, "Beware of the click-whoring attention seekers".
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Salah could make unthinkable move with New York switch
NYCFC have attracted a whole host of big players since they were formed in 2013, with Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and Frank Lampard.
In the MLS on the whole, huge stars like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Heung-Min Son and Lorenzo Insigne are plying their trade, while Antoine Griezmann has agreed to move to Orlando City as a marquee signing.
If Salah was to sign for 'The Pigeons, it could open up the possibility of a truly unthinkable move back to English football.
The club are part of the City Football Group and therefore a partner club of Manchester City. That association has led to many players coming and going between clubs and back in 2014, Frank Lampard spent a season at City after signing for NYCFC, playing 38 times and scoring eight goals.
He ended up linking up with Villa at the Yankee Stadium after the Spaniard had a short loan spell with another sister club in Melbourne City prior to the MLS season beginning.
Salah is third on Liverpool's all-time top goalscorer chart, with 255 goals in 435 appearances. He has lifted two Premier Leagues and one Champions League among other trophies in his stint at the club.
Topics: Mohamed Salah, Liverpool
Josh Lawless