Mohamed Salah Wants to Finish Career at LFC

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The Egyptian King hopes to retire as a Red, but it’s up to the
Liverpool front office to make that happen.

Mohamed Salah has been on an absolute tear this season as he
continues to rack up goals and set Liverpool
FC records. So far, the 29-year-old has scored 12 times in 11
appearances, reached the 100 Premier League goal milestone faster
than any other Red, set the LFC record for Champion’s League goals,
and tied Didier Drogba’s record for most goals by an African player
in the PL.

While his play has many pundits and fans discussing if he is the
best player in the world right now, there is also plenty of
attention being devoted to his contract situation. The Egyptian’s
contract is set to expire at the end of the 2022-23 season. While
LFC spent most of the summer locking up the core of their squad to
longer-term contracts, no such extension happened for the
world-class winger.

It’s been rumored that Salah’s camp is seeking a contract that
would be big enough to potentially throw off the entire Liverpool wage structure, which is understandably
offputting for a 29-year-old winger. However, Salah’s incredible
form has many urging the club to do whatever it takes to ensure he
sees out the remainder of his playing career at LFC.

Salah has also expressed a very strong desire to stay on
Merseyside. In a new interview with Sky Sports, he made it
very clear that he doesn’t see himself playing anywhere else, but
the decision is ultimately up to LFC.

“If you ask me, I would love to stay until the last day of my
football career, but I can’t say much about that – it’s not in my
hands,” Salah said. “It depends on what the club want, not on
me.”

“At the moment I can’t see myself ever playing against
Liverpool. That would make me sad. It’s hard, I don’t want to talk
about it, but it would make me really sad. At the moment I don’t
see myself playing against Liverpool but let’s see what will happen
in the future.”

It seems fairly obvious that this is a tactic to try and drum up
sympathy from LFC supporters. It also seems like it’s already
working as fans are already ramping up the pressure on the club to
get a deal done.

Still, it’s not hard to believe that the feelings he expressed
are sincere. While football seemingly becomes more and more about
the money every day, Salah clearly loves playing for LFC and
believes it’s where he has the best chance of winning more
trophies.

He is sure to want, and certainly deserves, a significant wage
increase for what is likely to be his final big contract, but there
is no reason to believe he isn’t willing to accept much less than
he could get on the open market if it means he gets to finish his
career in Liverpool.

In all likelihood, Salah and LFC will reach an agreement on a
contract extension that will give him more money without blowing up
the club’s carefully built wage structure while keeping the
Egyptian in Liverpool for the rest of his prime playing years.

LFC may want to hurry up and make the deal happen though. Salah
is showing no signs of slowing down, and his current form is only
going to drive the price up further.

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