A Spor confirmed the meetings, with Fenerbahçe board member Ertan Torunoğulları personally conducting negotiations with Salah's representative Ramy Abbas Issa.
The Sun reported that Salah's first preference is to stay in Europe, even though Saudi Arabia would offer higher wages. His camp told Fenerbahçe directly: "We are not considering the Saudi Arabia option right now — it could be Europe."
Salah, 33, is leaving Anfield as a free agent after nine seasons. He joined under former head coach Jürgen Klopp in June 2017 and won the Champions League, two Premier League titles, two League Cups and the FA Cup. He has scored 12 goals and provided nine assists this season.
Fenerbahçe face an internal complication. Club elections and a boardroom transition have led the outgoing administration to pause major financial commitments, leaving the deal in a holding pattern until a new president is in place. Salah is reportedly seeking around €20million per year — close to his current Liverpool wage.
Egypt team director Ibrahim Hassan confirmed the extent of interest from elsewhere.
"I have heard of offers from Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich and clubs from Italy. A move to MLS? He would be far too out of the spotlight."
Juventus — managed by former Roma head coach Luciano Spalletti, who worked with Salah in Italy — are understood to be one of the Serie A clubs monitoring the situation. PSG have also been credited with interest, though the financial demands represent a challenge for most clubs.
Galatasaray are a competing Turkish option. Saudi Arabia remains a concrete possibility if European alternatives cannot match his wage demands. Whether Salah's preference for European football translates into a move he can afford to make will be the central question of one of the summer's most significant free agent situations.