The Egyptian is on course for the Ballon d'Or to enjoy another excellent season with the Reds, which returns 32 goals and 22 assists from 45 performances. His side now needs a maximum of 11 points from their last seven games to be crowned champion, even though it is the first season of manager Arne Slot.
Despite this success, Salah will leave the club, because contract discussions remain slowly and in the last months before the summer transfer window. The 32-year-old can introduce negotiations with domestic parties from the end of May, because various top European parties want to steal him.
This includes Inter Milan, while Marotta spoke with Sky about how they cannot exclude an offer of Salah that would offer the experience needed for a young side that a leader needs.
“He is a good player like many others in our notebooks,” said Marotta when he asked about Marseille striker Luis Henrique. “(Directors) Piero Ausilio and Dario Baccin are very active like our scouts and they will move at the right time. For now it is still early.”
He was then interviewed about Salah, Kevin De Bruyne, who is ready to leave the Thomas Muller of Manchester City and Bayern Munich.
“You need precise characteristics to build a winning team: young players, veterans and an Italian backbone that you have to protect.
“You also have to control the costs. We are looking for different profiles. We want to make the team younger to lower the payroll, but we do not give our nose to the chance to sign experienced football players. Our philosophy is to create assets.
“In the summer we want to invest in talents with great advantage.”
Inter Milan will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup this summer and can sign Salah for a small fee before his contract ends if they want him to be ready to be in a rotated side for the competition that the club has not won since 2010.