Salah's possible £127m Saudi earnings still dwarfed by Ronaldo's record salary

But it remains some way short of Cristiano Ronaldo's world record salary for an athlete.

Liverpool face an anxious 48 hours with Al Ittihad reportedly tabling a world record £215m bid for Salah ahead of the Saudi transfer deadline on Thursday.

The Reds have already rebuffed a first offer from the Saudi Pro League champions, who remain desperate to secure his services.

Should the 31-year-old make the move to the Middle East, he would become the league's third highest earner - behind Al Nassr striker Ronaldo and Al Hilal winger Neymar.

It has been alleged that Salah has been offered a £2.45m weekly salary at the King Abdullah Sports City stadium.

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This would see him pocket a whopping £127.4m-a-year and an incredible £10.6m every month.

To break that down even further, the Egypt international would earn a cool £350k-per-day and £14.6k every hour.

Though Salah's possible salary is nothing in comparison to Ronaldo's wages, which he penned during the winter transfer window.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner inked a two-year deal with Al Nassr in January worth a mind-boggling £177m-a-year - the most expensive contract in sports history.

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His wages amount to £14.75m-a-month, £3.4m-a-week, £485k-per-day and £20k-an-hour.

Despite the huge salary, Ronaldo was unable to help Al Nassr claim last season's Saudi Pro League title after finishing runners-up to Al Ittihad.

Ronaldo and co will hope to go one better this time in what appears to be a more tightly-contested title race due to heavy investment across the league's leading clubs.

Al Ittihad remain favourites despite suffering a first defeat of the season to an Aleksandar Mitrovic-inspired Al Hilal.

Nuno Espirito Santo's side dropped to third following Friday night's loss, but the prospect of a Salah-Karim Benzema alliance is a frightening reality for the remaining 17 teams.