Liverpool’s ongoing situation regarding Mohamed Salah’s future is still no closer to a conclusion, according to Fabrizio Romano.
The Italian journalist was speaking on the Rio Ferdinand presents Five YouTube channel to provide his transfer insight ahead of the summer window.
Do you expect Salah to stay?
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It has been reported Salah is looking for a new and improved contract with the Reds which will make him the Anfield club’s top earner.
But Romano does not believe Salah’s party and the club have held a meeting over his contract situation since December 2021 and it did not exactly go to plan.
Salah has scored in three of the last seven league games with speculation over his future building and Romano was unable to provide fans with an encouraging update:
(6:50) “The last meeting was in the US in December between the agent of Mo Salah, Rammy Abbas, and Liverpool board. It was a negative meeting, it was not a positive meeting.
“Negative meeting because Liverpool are not offering what Mo Salah wants. The last conversation was in December, they are not negotiating now. They were not negotiating in January, February and they are not negotiating now. Nothing is going on.”
“From what I’m told, he really loves Liverpool. He’s happy with the club, with the team, with the city, with the manager, with the team-mates – he has no problem with Liverpool. He wants to be a Liverpool player in the future, but not in the current financial conditions.”
TIF Thoughts the Salah debacle…
For us, the Egyptian has undoubtedly been the Premier League’s best player this season as he leads the scoring tally with 20 goals – seven more than anyone else.
And as football wages go, with Salah believed to be earning £200k-per-week, he probably has a right to be demanding an improved deal with the Reds.
However, we agree with Liverpool’s stance of not paying over the odds just to keep him as it could well make a number of players raise an issue over their current wage with the club.
The likes of Alisson and Virgil van Dijk have also had huge impacts since arriving at Liverpool and could also, therefore, feel undervalued if Salah was to be given his demands.
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