Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah reaffirmed Friday that he’s making ready for this to be his final season on the Merseyside membership as negotiations have stalled over a brand new contract.
Salah’s present deal is ready to run out on the finish of the season, with teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk additionally out of contract in the summertime.
The 32-year-old Egypt worldwide has up to now loved a surprising particular person marketing campaign, registering 17 objectives and 13 assists within the league to assist Liverpool construct up a six-point lead on the prime of the desk.
Negotiations over a brand new deal have been ongoing with Salah’s camp for months; nonetheless, he confirmed Friday that he and the membership are nonetheless a great distance from coming to an settlement.
Asked whether or not he believes this will likely be his final season at Liverpool, Salah told Sky Sports: “So far? Yes. Into the final six months, there isn’t a progress there, we’re far-off from any progress, so we simply want to attend and see.”
Speaking about his ambitions in the beginning of the season, Salah mentioned: “The very first thing that was on the checklist was to win the Premier League with Liverpool.
“In my interviews during the last seven or eight years, I all the time say [I want to win the] Champions League. But that is the primary time I’m saying I actually need to win the Premier League with Liverpool.”
When requested why that’s, he added: “I do not know. It’s most likely as a result of we did not rejoice the one we gained in the way in which we wished and in addition, coming again right here too, it is my final yr within the membership so that you need to do one thing particular for the town. That was the factor in my head.
“We waited for that title for 30 years or so. So, to win it and it was the pandemic at the moment, we did not actually have time to rejoice it in the fitting manner. It’s not a pleasant factor to do, so hopefully we will do it this yr.”
Alexander-Arnold’s future grew to become extra sophisticated this week, with sources confirming to ESPN that Liverpool rebuffed a suggestion from Real Madrid for the England worldwide.
Salah, Alexander Arnold and Van Dijk all performed key roles in Liverpool’s Premier League title-winning in marketing campaign in 2019-20 and their Champions League triumph in 2019. They have additionally gained the FA Cup (2022), Carabao Cup (2022, 2024), UEFA Super Cup (2019) and Club World Cup (2019) throughout their time at Anfield.
Liverpool start 2025 with an eight-point lead on the prime of the Premier League desk, having earned 45 factors from their first 18 video games. Slot’s crew host Manchester United of their subsequent fixture on Jan. 5.
