Sharp message from Mohamed Salah to Liverpool owners amid contract uncertainty

Mohamed Salah offered the biggest clue, but he wants his future at Anfield to be resolved with the offer of a new improved contract.

The Egyptian star delivered what seemed like a sharp message to Liverpool owners, when he insisted he wanted to stay on for the rest of his career and ‘win as many trophies as possible’.

Asked by the Norwegian channel TV2 about his future, Salah gave a positive response that will make his fervent Reds fans applaud.

But it also puts pressure on Anfield’s board to start contract negotiations in earnest.

When asked where the talks were, he said, “Frankly, I don’t know. I want to stay at Liverpool as long as possible, but the point is that the issue is in the hands of the club.

“If you ask, I say I want to stay here as long as possible – I will always give 100 percent until the last moment for me at this club, and I want to win as many trophies as possible.

“I want to give 100% to people, who show me love all the time.”

Salah first alluded to his dissatisfaction with possible contract negotiations, in an interview that seemed carefully placed by his advisor with a Spanish media outlet, where he did not one day rule out a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid. .

But the harsh financial reality of football after massive losses from the coronavirus crisis makes huge moves of the level it would command seem out of reach this summer.

The player’s advisers surely know this and it seems his latest comments are aimed at encouraging contract negotiations.

Salah turns 29 in June and he will see his next contract as the most important – and financially lucrative – of his career.

But he has two and a half years left on the deal he signed in the summer of 2018, and Liverpool’s financial team know there is no rush to extend.

They are reluctant to offer long-term deals to players approaching their 30s – as the protracted and so far unsuccessful talks with 30-year-old Gini Wijnaldum have proven.

With interest from Spain and Barcelona in particular, as he becomes a free agent this summer and can move free of charge, he is said to be on a four-year contract.

But Liverpool have been consistent with their offers to players entering this age bracket, and they are likely to delay any contract negotiations with Salah until the summer, when the confusing and difficult transfer market situation is likely to become a lot. clearer.

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