Didier Drogba reckons Mohamed Salah should complete a "selfish" transfer from Liverpool to Chelsea.
Salah is currently in a year-long contract stand-off with Liverpool and will become a free agent in the summer unless the two parties come to an agreement soon.
Liverpool are keen to keep hold of the forward, who Klopp recently dubbed the best player in the world.
But talks are continuing to drag on and there is no indication that Salah will put pen to paper on a new deal with the Anfield giants.
Chelsea legend Drogba was asked for his thoughts on the Salah saga and revealed he'd love to see the Egyptian back at his former club.
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"If I am selfish, I will tell Salah to leave Liverpool and return to Chelsea," Drogba told Al-Axis TV.
"My opinion is that Salah will remain the best, no matter if he continues at Liverpool or if he moves.
"Any other team would perform better [with him] because he understands what he is doing, is good at scoring and creating goals, and only needs the confidence of the coach.
"I do not know what his decision would be. This is his decision alone and his future, but wherever he goes, I will be one of his fans."
Salah's spell at Liverpool has been largely positive, but the forward did admit frustration at being overlooked for the captaincy when he played in a weakened Liverpool side against FC Midtjylland in 2020.
At the time, he told AS: "Honestly, I was very disappointed. I was hoping to be the captain, but it's a coach's decision. I accept it."
Klopp later explained his reason for overlooking Salah.
"I was captain for a long time during my career, and I often thought what a heck of a job it was," Klopp said. "There were not a lot of benefits, just a lot of work with all the things around it. So I don't feel the importance of being captain."
Liverpool took on Porto in a dead rubber on Wednesday night with Klopp opting to field a weakened team featuring Salah.
But despite Salah previously admitting his disappointment Klopp again overlooked him for the armband and named Alisson captain.
Klopp was recently asked how negotiations with Salah over his new contract are progressing and explained that he is not involved in the process.
"I speak to players constantly but it is not the right thing for a manager to speak to players about contracts," he said.
"You need someone in between. For the player that is the agent, for the club, it is the sporting director. When a player is very important for you and you say 'You can have this or that' and he doesn't want to hear it and says 'I think I'm worth more than that!'
"This conversation shouldn't happen with the person who is responsible for football things."
