salah Liverpool fans here in the Football Transfer Tavern are looking up eagerly at the latest news from Metro who, as our landlord notes have some very positive gossip for them.

Now us tavern folk do not usually concern ourselves with the off field activities of players, unless they have been playing away from home with a rather tasty new WAG, but this time we will make the exception.

The publication notes that FC Basel’s Mohamed Salah has been spotted on Merseyside looking at houses ahead of his proposed switch to Liverpool.

Our punters turn to our landlord, who is as busy as ever at the bar and note that he has been telling us for days that a move is getting closer and closer, and now it seems that it is finally getting down to the nitty gritty stages.

Anyone who has seen Salah perform in the last couple of seasons can tell you just what a top player Brendan Rodgers will be landing for himself.

The fact that he has now reportedly rented a flat in Liverpool will only add to the excitement while fueling the rumours even further.

A Reds fan tells us that he is so pleased his club have moved quickly for the in-demand player that he will buy a whole round for the bar, and we can’t say we blame him.