Liverpool more and more assured over Mohamed Salah contract extension

Liverpool are more and more assured Mohamed Salah will signal a contract extension to remain past the summer season after progress in talks over current weeks. It’s a vital enhance to Liverpool, whose captain, Virgil van Dijk, can be prone to lengthen his keep past June. The Dutchman mentioned this week that progress had been made on the subject of securing his future.

The 2 gamers have been instrumental for Liverpool this season, with the membership closing in on a record-equalling twentieth top-division title. They’ve been ever-present within the Premier League underneath Arne Slot. Salah has scored 27 targets in 31 appearances and Van Dijk has helped Liverpool concede solely 30 to place them prime, 11 factors away from Arsenal with seven video games to play.

Slot has been adamant he desires Salah and Van Dijk to be a part of his plans. Salah will flip 33 in June and the Netherlands centre-back might be 34 in July however neither has missed a recreation by means of harm underneath him.

In November Salah mentioned he was “most likely extra out than in” at Liverpool after complaining that he had not acquired the supply of a brand new contract, however that his precedence was to stay on the membership, the place he earns a primary £350,000 per week. Talks with Salah’s representatives had began earlier than November however with none formal contract being proposed for the Egyptian’s approval.

Salah, who joined Liverpool in 2017, has attracted curiosity from the Saudi Premier League however is about to disregard all exterior consideration. He, like Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, has been free to barter with overseas golf equipment because the flip of the yr. Of the trio solely Alexander-Arnold is about to depart, with a transfer to Actual Madrid poised to be accomplished.