Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has revealed that the club are working to tie down star man Mohamed Salah to a new long-term deal at Anfield with the talks currently underway.
Salah has been backed to put pen to paper on extended terms with the Premier League giants and follow in the footsteps of his fellow first-team regulars Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho and Virgil van Dijk.
The Egypt international has courted significant attention from the likes of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the past and Jurgen Klopp is understood to be hopeful that a contract extension for the 28-year-old could fend off the interest coming in the player from abroad.
Reports from Goal suggest that Liverpool and Klopp are keen on Salah agreeing to a two-year-long extension which will commit his future to the Merseysiders until the summer of 2023 and make the Egyptian the highest-paid player in the club’s history.
Speaking to reporters ahead of Liverpool’s game against Burnley, Klopp confirmed that talks were in full swing to ensure an extension for Salah with the forward in a good mood since his return to the Anfield fold.
“I’m involved in pretty much everything that happens in the club. Maybe some talks happen without me, that’s possible but I’m not sure. Apart from that I know about all things.
“It is how it always is; we don’t speak about these things. I know we changed that a little bit with Hendo [Jordan Henderson], but that doesn’t mean we will from now on tell you about each little step with negotiations.
“Firstly, Mo is obviously in a really, really good moment, form-wise, mood-wise, how he behaved from the first day he came back, absolutely great.
“We are all adults, we are all professionals. If there are talks there are talks, and if there’s a decision then we will tell you. Until then it’s only important how the parties work together – and that’s not about Mo, it’s in general. We don’t have to talk about anything else, and the decisive people can talk in the background.
“But yes, with two years left, you can imagine that there are talks. That is it.”
