Mo Salah’s salary is big thing for Liverpool – explained by experts
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Liverpool are still in the Premier League title race, but there is a very important issue within the team: the contract with Mohamed Salah has not yet been renewed. The agreement with the Egyptian (and also with Mane and Firmino) expires in the summer of 2023, which means there is only a year left – and it’s time to do something.

 

It is known that negotiations with Salah began, but stalled before the African Cup. They did not stop asking Klopp, and before the match with Brighton, the coach outlined the situation: “Mo wants the club to be ambitious. We can’t do more here. From my point of view, everything is in order. Nothing new happened: no one signed or rejected the contract. We just have to wait, there is no rush. Now Mo is giving his best in games for the club. And that’s all we need to worry about. All other issues will be resolved when the time comes. When something happens, we will let you know. All in good time, this applies to other players in a similar situation. The club is in constant communication with the agents of all the players.”

 

Salah and Liverpool have not discussed a contract since December. 

 

The agent’s hint was quickly confirmed. The insiders were shared by the journalist Fabrizio Romano, who is familiar with Abas Issa (they often and respectfully replay each other on Twitter). Portion of insiders: Liverpool made a contract offer in December – Salah and his agent did not accept. And the situation has not changed since then. The agent said he would not sit down at the negotiating table unless conditions were improved; Everything stalled due to salary: Mohamed thinks he should be getting more, but the club doesn’t want to destroy the existing salary structure. And he thinks the offer is good.

 

Mo earns 200 thousand pounds a week

 

Salah wants to get at the level of the best players in the Premier League. The Mirror believes Remy Abas Issa and Moe are targeting Kevin De Bruyne’s new contract – the Belgian earns £400,000 a week. Virgil van Dijk has earned the most at Liverpool so far with £220,000. Salah has 20 thousand less under the current agreement. The December offer to Mohamed, according to English insiders, was in the region of 350 thousand pounds, excluding bonuses. Even such a contract threw Salah into the top 5 highest salaries in the Premier League. Only Cristiano, De Bruyne and De Gea get more. And yes, such an agreement would already make him the highest paid player in Liverpool’s history. The second opinion was expressed by another former Reds player John Barnes: Liverpool love Salah, but cannot accept any requirement under the contract – the club looks at the age of the striker (29 years old), evaluates the prospects and does everything right. Liverpool are looking into alternatives just in case. There is a list of potential replacements: West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka and Leeds’ Rafinha. They are all young left-footed strikers.