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miller0863
It’s an international break where Salah will not be involved for Egypt, being left out of their games against Cape Verde and Botswana due to concerns over the standard of artificial pitches that increase chance of injury.
Salah will instead have a two-week ‘break’, which is a huge positive for Liverpool going into the winter run of games that include Real Madrid and Man City in the week after the internationals.
Arabic reporter Ismael Mahmoud has claimed that the fortnight will provide time for “serious contract renewal negotiations.”
“I’ve been told that Mohamed Salah staying at Liverpool during the international break will be very important for the club to begin serious contract renewal negotiations.
“Been told too that Liverpool knows Salah is asking for a new two-year contract.”
Of course, while Mahmoud’s claims cannot be taken as gospel, he is a legitimate reporter with links to Egyptian sources.
If accurate, Salah is seeking a two-year extension to his current deal, which of course expires at the end of the current campaign. A new deal of that nature would tie him to the Reds up to 2027, when he would be 35.
Salah is likely to visit Dubai during the international break, where his agent, Ramy Abbas lives and where negotiations over his last contract negotiation took place.
Salah’s last contract renewal, in 2022, saw him become the highest-paid player in the club’s history on a reported £350,000 per week basic salary.
The player has intimated his desire to stay at the club, including via a somewhat cryptic social media post last week in which he wrote: “All teams win matches but there’s only 1 champion in the end. That’s what we want.”