German Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp seemed “happy” with the progress of negotiations with Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah to renew his contract, according to what he said Tuesday on the eve of the Champions League quarter-final first leg.
British media reports at the weekend indicated that Salah, who is linked with the “reds” until 2023, is close to reaching an agreement on a new contract that will keep him at “Anfield” until the end of his football career.
Asked regarding the 29-year-old striker’s contract, Klopp said Monday in his press conference from Lisbon: “I’m happy regarding that because there is nothing new to say.” This is a good thing. The stakeholders are talking to each other and that’s all I need.
Since his arrival at Anfield in the summer of 2017, from Rome, Italy, Salah has imposed himself as one of the best English Premier League stars, contributing primarily to leading the “Reds” to their first league title since 1990 (the 2019-2020 season) and to winning the Champions League and the European Cup. The Club World Cup and the European Super Cup (2019), in addition to the League Cup this season.
Al-Masry continues his brilliance this season, leading the scorer with twenty goals so far, in front of his Portuguese colleague Diego Jota and the South Korean striker for Tottenham Son Heung-min (14).
After the disappointment of losing the final of the African Nations Cup once morest his colleague Mane and the Senegalese team, and then the end of the dream of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup at the hands of the same team, Salah Al-Nafs Yemeni to compensate by contributing to the leadership of Liverpool to a historic quartet, as he is only behind in the league by a point from Manchester City, who will be His opponent next Saturday in the semi-finals of the local cup competition as well.
