Craig Burley believes that Mohamed Salah’s value is only increasing with his performances for Liverpool this season. (2:17)
Mohamed Salah said he is still “far away” from sorting out his Liverpool career after scoring one goal and creating two more in the 5-0 win at West Ham that overtook Arne Slot’s side eight times at the top of the Premier League. .
Salah, 32, can open negotiations with non-English clubs from this Wednesday (Jan 1) about a free agent transfer at the end of the season with his existing contract due to expire on June 30.
Liverpool teammates Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold also enter the final six months of their Anfield contracts this week. But despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding his contract beyond next summer, Salah said his focus is on winning the title with Liverpool and that he is no closer to agreeing a new deal.
“No, we are far from that [contract] and I don’t need to say anything to the media,” Salah told Sky Sports. “The only thing that matters to me is that I want Liverpool to win the championship and I want to be part of it.
“I will do my best for the team to win the trophy. There is a few other teams catching up with us and we need to stay focused and humble and go again.
“I’m just looking to enjoy the game. In the end, I came here because of the result and I looked to do anything in the game, but I’m almost hungry for more. “
Liverpool manager Arne Slot said he was not involved in the three senior players being able to talk to overseas clubs from Jan. 1, saying he believed he was still at their destinations.
“I think I have a lot about what they do,” Slot said. “If they’re in an educational field, if they’re in an assembly with me, but talking about their personal life, I have no power over them.
“So that’s the scenario I’ve been in for a year. It’s been a scenario since I’ve been a coach, but I have some control over them in terms of what I expect from them in the box and I’m excited to see what Virgil brings to the table, what Trent brings and what Mo brings to the table.
“What happens to me is that for 4 or five months you were only talking about Trent Mo and Virgil.
“And I suppose, and please don’t disappoint me, other people are going to be talking now about how many players we are going to sign in the next month and what other player is going to leave. So I have other questions like Well, not only because of that !
When asked if Liverpool had any plans for January, however, Slot said he is happy with the squad at his disposal.
“I said it six months ago and everyone says, ‘Is this guy crazy?'” Slot said. “But I think the players have shown that well-deserved trust that the club and I had in them. “
Slot, meanwhile, described Salah as extraordinary after the 32-year-old registered his 17th leaguer goal and 13th assist in the win at West Ham.
“The word extraordinary is something I’ve heard a lot in the last six months and he truly deserves this and probably in the last eight years too,” Slot said. “But I’m involved in the last half years, so yeah, I don’t think he keeps surprising us.
“We know the player he is and we know he’s capable of doing it, but other than that, he also works really hard for the team when the other team has the ball and yes, we can only hope he can continue. “to incorporate that performance.
“But I’d like to go up that if he scores, he also has an advantage to score. So there are other players who take him to the ones positions, but if you take Mo to the ones positions, it’s extraordinary. “