Mohamed Salah Extension In The Works, Says Liverpool Manager

The transfer deadline has come and gone, and Liverpool stood pat through the deadline. Now, the club’s attention is squarely focused on negotiating a new deal with prolific goal-scoring forward Mohamed Salah, a report says.

The English Premier League stalwarts stuck to their guns and only had one signing in Ibrahima Konate, who joined on a €40 million ($47.5 million) deal.

After locking in the core of their squad, Liverpool and Salah’s representatives are working on an extension that will ensure that the Egyptian scoring machine remains in the club, The Liverpool Echo reported.

His current contract, signed in 2018, has two years left, and Liverpool is set to reward Salah for his efforts in helping the club put themselves back on their feet.

But contrary to rumors reported over the weekend, Salah is not looking for a weekly wage of £500,000 ($690,000), according to the outlet.

Last month, Ramy Abbas Issa, the agent representing Salah, took a shot at Liverpool management after the 29-year-old Egyptian player scored in the club’s 3-0 victory over Norwich City in their Premier League season opener. "I hope they're watching," he tweeted.

Club manager Jurgen Klopp offered some clarity on the situation.

"We're all adults, we're all professionals, there are talks and there are talks and when there is a decision we will tell you," he said of the contract talks. "Until then it is only important how the parties work together on these things."

Liverpool recently signed Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Harvey Elliott to extended contracts. With their core in place, Salah is expected to join this list of names soon.

The Anfield side brought Salah to the Premier League from Italy after paying AS Roma a transfer fee of £43.9 million ($60.8 million) in the summer of 2017, and they have never looked back.

In 148 appearances with Liverpool, the Egypt national team captain scored 97 goals and has been the club’s leading goal-scorer in the past four seasons.

Salah was a key component in their Premier League title run two seasons ago, and he will surely need to play harder and better than before if Liverpool wants to stand a chance this season.

Top-flight Premier League clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United have all upgraded their rosters significantly, while Liverpool decided to stay the course.

After their draw against Chelsea on Aug. 28, Liverpool is set to face Leeds United Sunday away from home.