Besiktas director Onder Ozen has claimed the Turkish club have walked away from talks with Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah despite meeting his camp three times.
Salah is a free agent this summer after agreeing with Liverpool to rip up the final year of his contract, ending a trophy-laden spell on Merseyside.
The Egyptian star had been approached by Besiktas over a move with the club’s president Serdal Adali telling Turkish media they were awaiting a final decision.
Besiktas have now reportedly ended talks with Salah’s camp, claiming a deadlock in negotiations.
Ozen suggested Salah’s representatives are in talks with another club but stressed their final offer remained on the table if they wished to resume talks.
‘We contacted Salah, this also involved a financing model,’ Ozen told Turkish media.
Besiktas have claimed they have walked away from negotiations with Mohamed Salah
‘Salah is a global star, a respected athlete. We met with Salah three times before the financial part of the negotiations was discussed.
‘Up to this point, everything was smooth. When the financial side began, the initial smoothness slowed down from July 21st onwards.
‘Requests began to arrive that would both disrupt the flow of information and create a deadlock in the financial process. I can assume that a respected athlete like Salah was unaware of this.
‘The club has a policy, and it cannot deviate from that policy, our President has very clearly identified his position and has stayed there.
‘I don’t have a chance to say yes or no, Besiktas’s offer, made under its own terms, is clear. If a response comes to this offer, it can be evaluated.
‘But Besiktas will not make another offer. They said they are also in talks with another club, maybe they will get a result from there.
‘The last offer we made to Salah is the final point that does not harm Besiktas’s club identity.’
Salah, now 34, has offers from elsewhere including in Major League Soccer, where Sporting Kansas City have made a lucrative two-year contract proposal.
