5 transfers that definitely won't happen this year

#4 Mohamed Salah to Real Madrid

Real Madrid will spend, but not on Salah

Source of this rumour?

Once upon a time, whatever Gianluca Di Marzio reported was received as the gospel of transfer rumours. His precise reports made him one of the most reliable entities of the transfer world. And it is him, who has generated this rumour.

Why this won’t happen?

For starters, I used the term ‘once upon a time’ to describe the accuracy of Di Marzio. While he is still the unprecedented king of accurate rumours in Serie A, his performances in the 'rest of the world' category has been sub-par for some time now.

The Egyptian only just joined the Merseyside outfit 6 months ago and even if the move is touted to happen in the near future, it won’t—and here’s why: To sign Mohamed Salah, Real Madrid will need to spend at least the same amount of money that Barcelona spent on Philippe Coutinho.

And while Real Madrid may have the money, they would rather spend it on a striker—Harry Kane, to be precise—and doing that for Salah would only just close the doors on the forward that the Blancos desperately need.