Mohamed Salah wants to end career at Liverpool but future is ‘not in my hands’

  • Forward has entered final two years of his contract
  • Most lucrative contract in the club’s history will be required

Mohamed Salah has said he would love to finish his career with Liverpool but his future is “not in my hands”. The Egypt international has entered the final two years of his Liverpool contract and, despite the club extending the Anfield careers of Virgil van Dijk, Alisson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold in recent months, no agreement has been reached so far on a new deal for their leading goalscorer.

Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, will have to sanction the most lucrative contract in the club’s history to secure Salah’s long-term future. The 29-year-old, who this week became the first player in the club’s history to score in nine consecutive matches, is currently on an incentivised deal worth about £200,000 a week. Kevin De Bruyne earns £385,000 a week at Manchester City while Cristiano Ronaldo is understood to be on a similar sum at Manchester United.

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