Michael Oliver will be the man in the middle when Liverpool host Nottingham Forest on Saturday - but one former Premier League referee is "concerned" he won't be around for much longer.
It has been quite the week for the 38-year-old, who on Tuesday flew to the Middle East to take charge of the Saudi Pro League clash between Al-Hilal and Christiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr. Perhaps few can blame him given his match fee amounted to £3,000, and he had to earn his money, booking 'CR7' for an impromptu headlock on an opponent.
Oliver is widely regarded as the leading referee on UK shores, and one of just two English officials to be selected for the World Cup in Qatar. But five years after another highly rated ref, Mark Clattenberg, turned his back on the Premier League to work in Saudi full time, there are now fears that Oliver could follow suit.
