Mohamed Salah has been within the type of his life for Liverpool this season.
The Egyptian attacker has taken the Reds to the highest of the Premier League and the Champions League standings, displaying that he’s nonetheless among the best gamers on the planet.
Salah has managed to attain ten targets and supplied six assists within the Premier League in simply 12 matches.
Nonetheless, the speak of the city has been his contract difficulty at Anfield, which is ready to run out on the finish of the season.
Salah, who’s attracting curiosity from the Saudi Professional League, has claimed that the membership have nonetheless not supplied him a brand new contract and he’s nonetheless ready to obtain a suggestion.
Liverpool legend Michael Owen has now joined the dialog and claimed that each Salah and the Merseyside membership are unable to agree the phrases of a brand new contract.
Owen has claimed that Salah is demanding an extended contract and Liverpool are at the moment hesitant to supply that.
He advised Optus Sport, as reported by Metro:
‘My inkling, and I may be fallacious, however what I hear is that Mo Salah is wanting a longer-term contract.
‘If you’re younger, you need quick contracts, preserve the desirability, preserve them quick and preserve all people wanting you. If you’re older after all you need stability and also you need to be safe.’
With Salah 32-years-old, some may say that Liverpool are appearing professionally and being cautious a couple of long run contract however the counter argument can be that the attacker is match and nonetheless sustaining the extent of world class performances.
‘He’s very totally different – he’s as match as fiddle and he’s nonetheless banging them in. But when he’s getting into [to negotiations] and asking for 5 years then rightly so the membership will assume that’s too lengthy,’ Owen added.
‘So possibly they’re not even sitting down as a result of Mo has stated “Nicely I’m not going to speak to you if you’re not going to provide you 5 years”, let’s say.
‘And I don’t know fully however my sources inform me it’s extra of a time period drawback.
‘One factor that Mo Salah has bought the pinnacle begin on is he’s simply executed that interview and right away the followers are going to be considering, “What are you doing, Liverpool Soccer Membership”.’
Liverpool are in a difficult place concerning participant contracts
Solely time will inform what resolution Liverpool have taken concerning the way forward for their star participant.
They’ve some huge choices to make within the subsequent few months with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil Van Dijk additionally within the remaining 12 months of their contract at Anfield.
The Reds have left it too late to kind out the contract problems with their star gamers and it might backfire closely.
All these three gamers will likely be allowed to bask in talks with different golf equipment by the beginning of January and that might put Liverpool in a weaker place.
Contemplating how Salah has carried out this season, he ought to be saved on the membership in any respect value and given a brand new deal.
He’s fan favorite and the membership’s failure to maintain him wouldn’t go down nicely with the Liverpool devoted.
