The renewal of the contract of the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, with the management of Anfield Road was only the result of a great effort and several stations that preceded the decision.
was Mohamed Salah Renew his contract with Liverpool A few days ago, a weekly salary was estimated at 350,000 pounds, which might be increased to 400,000, according to recent press reports, following months of negotiations between the two parties.
The desire of Mohamed Salah and his agent, Rami Abbas, triumphed over the insistence of the management of the American “Fenway” group, owner of Liverpool, not to break the salary structure in the club, so that the pharaoh turned into the highest paid player in the club’s history.
In these lines, Al Ain Sports reviews some of the scenes and stations witnessed in the process of renewing a contract with Salah with Liverpool, which were reviewed by the English newspaper “The Athletic”.
Mohamed Salah’s agent feels the pulse of Liverpool
The year 2020 was the first stop in the issue of renewing Mohamed Salah’s contract with Liverpool, as the start of the 2020-2021 season followed the beginning of the pharaoh’s talk regarding the lack of a renewal offer from the Reds administration.
And according to what the English newspaper “The Athletic” revealed, Rami Abbas began to feel the pulse of the Liverpool administration regarding the renewal, but the unstable financial situation due to the consequences of the Corona virus made the club refuse to open the issue at the time.
Since that period, Mohamed Salah began to go out in the media to talk regarding not renewing his contract with Liverpool, and it appeared that there was a crisis in communication between the two parties.
At the time, Mohamed Salah was receiving a salary of 200,000 pounds per week, which was the highest salary in the team, equal to the newcomer, Thiago Alcantara, and then Virgil van Dijk’s contract was modified to outperform him.
Here, too, Mohamed Salah started talking regarding not giving him the captaincy at the Danish Mittelland meeting at the end of the group stage in the European Champions League, even though he was the oldest in the squad that played.
Negotiations with the owners of Liverpool
The Fenway administration had a firm belief that there was no need to break the salary ceiling within the club, not because Mohamed Salah was not entitled to a higher salary, but so that this would not cause later problems and other demands from his colleagues.
Perhaps this is what made the negotiations between the two parties stop for 5 months between the beginning of this year and last June, despite the presence of Rami Abbas in the same hotel as the residence of John Henry, one of the members of the “Fenway” group that owns the club, on the sidelines of the Champions League final in May. the past, but no negotiations took place between the two parties.
Hence, that period witnessed a stagnation that neither Liverpool nor Mohamed Salah would budge from their position on him.
Barcelona contacts Mohamed Salah
The English report also indicated that the Spanish club Barcelona seriously considered contracting with Mohamed Salah by communicating with his agent in the last period.
There have been reports that there is a promise from Barcelona to include Mohamed Salah in the summer of next year, which was confirmed by the report, which claimed that Barcelona asked the pharaoh to sign a contract to move in a free deal next year.
Barcelona was counting on the improvement of its financial situation next year to be able to pay the salary of Mohamed Salah, in addition to that he would not pay money to Liverpool in exchange for the inclusion of the Premier League’s top scorer, “Premier League.”
Selling mane and origi
For his part, during that period, Liverpool agreed to the departure of its two stars Divock Origi to AC Milan, and Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich, which had a significant impact on the renewal of Salah.
And if Origi left for free, this saved his large salary, 100,000 per week, in addition to obtaining 35 million from the sale of Sadio, who was earning 200,000 pounds per week.
Chelsea offer and Mohamed Salah’s desire
The departure of Mane and Origi coincided with reports that Mohamed Salah decided to stay in England even if he did not renew to Liverpool next season, as his former team Chelsea was close to winning his signature.
Liverpool, for his part, realized at the time that the loss of Mohamed Salah to a direct opponent such as Chelsea, Liverpool’s rivals in the League Cup and FA Cup final, would represent a great loss, especially following the departure of Mane and Origi.
In the same context, Mohamed Salah had already decided to stay in England because his family felt comfortable there personally, as a family and in sport.
The truth is that Mohamed Salah did not want to leave Liverpool following the great successes he achieved with the team in terms of individual achievements or collective titles.
Ian Rush, the legend of Liverpool, had a role in renewing the contract and spoke with Mohamed Salah and his agent, Abbas, regarding the need for the player to preserve his legacy and stay at Anfield Road.
As for Salah, he was aware that the extent of the love he received from the Liverpool fans and the successes he achieved would be difficult for him to build once more with another team.
Greece trip
Last week, a delegation from Liverpool’s management, led by the club’s sporting director Julian Ward and the club’s general counsel, Jonathan Bamber, traveled to Greece in Mykonos to negotiate with Mohamed Salah over the renewal.
Liverpool officials were accompanied by special staff to announce the contracts, as the Egyptian international signed the contract in a luxury villa on the Greek island, while the Egyptian player was enjoying his vacation, to be announced on Friday, extending the contract to 2025.
