Negotiations over a brand new Liverpool contract for Mohamed Salah are nonetheless ongoing, however the membership and participant stay “far aside” from an settlement, in line with a report.
Salah is one in all three high-profile Liverpool gamers who’re set to develop into free brokers this summer season. Along with Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Egyptian ahead’s contractual standing has dominated the dialogue surrounding Liverpool – though the gamers seem unfazed.
Arne Slot’s aspect sit high of the Premier League desk and Salah is adamant that the membership can “win all of it”. Whether or not he’ll stay on Merseyside after the tip of June 2025 is much less sure.
Whereas Salah’s administration workforce are nonetheless actively discussing their consumer’s varied calls for and expectations over his new deal, Sky Sports activities Germany report that no settlement has been reached neither is one even shut.
Salah turned the highest-paid participant in Liverpool’s historical past when he penned a three-year contract extension in the summertime of 2022. Regardless of getting into the autumn of his profession, the 32-year-old stays arguably the greatest proper winger on the planet and has already hit double digits for targets and assists throughout all competitions.
Slot has been resolutely tight-lipped on the unsure way forward for his star gamers. “Normally, contract conditions are talked about by the individuals who ought to discuss it,” the Dutch coach defined earlier this month.
“I am one in all them however I shouldn’t discuss this in public. I do discuss this with [sporting director] Richard [Hughes]. That is the place that we now have to speak about it and never in entrance of a microphone.”
Virgil van Dijk, one other out-of-contract determine, hailed Salah as “a particular, particular participant” after the ahead had a hand in each targets throughout final weekend’s 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. “I see the exhausting work he places in every day, and his consistency together with his numbers and performances. He is a particular athlete and a legend of the membership. I am more than happy that we nonetheless share the pitch.”
