Mohamed Salah has personally agreed to join Beşiktaş, but the move remains stuck in limbo because his own representative has not signed off on the deal, according to a report by the Israeli outlet ONE.
The Egyptian forward left Liverpool as a free agent this summer, bringing to a close nine trophy-laden seasons at Anfield, and has spent the following weeks weighing his next move.
ONE reports that personal terms are already in place: a two-year contract worth around €12 million per season, with Beşiktaş head coach Vincenzo Italiano understood to have driven the push to land him.
What is holding up the transfer, according to the report, is not Salah himself but his longtime agent, Rami Abbas, who has yet to reach an agreement with the club over his own commission.
ONE reports Abbas initially demanded a 35 percent cut of the deal — roughly €8.4 million — before lowering his figure to €5 million. Beşiktaş, in turn, have put forward a final offer of €4 million, which the agent has so far declined to accept.
The Turkish club is said to be waiting for Abbas to show more flexibility, with Salah currently on vacation and expected to travel to Istanbul once talks with the club's management and coaching staff are further along, per the report.
Turkish reporting this week has broadly matched that picture: Beşiktaş president Serdal Adalı said the club has submitted what it considers its final offer and is waiting on a response, while other outlets have described the commission dispute as the last real obstacle to a deal that had appeared close for days.
Exact figures differ slightly by outlet — some report Abbas's opening commission demand at €7.5 million rather than €8.4 million — but the substance is consistent: personal terms are essentially settled, and the transfer hinges on the agent and the club closing the gap on his cut.
Should it go through, the move would represent a significant pay cut for Salah compared with his reported wages at Liverpool, but it would still rank as one of the most eye-catching free transfers of the summer and a major coup for Süper Lig football.
