‘My last year at the club’: Mohamed Salah opens up on his Liverpool future

Mohamed Salah has reaffirmed that he is preparing for this to be his last season at Liverpool as negotiations have stalled over a new contract.

Salah’s existing deal is set to expire at the end of the season, with teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk also out of contract in the summer. However, that has not stopped this players from performing at the highest level.

While Arnold and van Dijk are keeping things tight at the back, Salah has been scoring for fun.

The 32-year-old Egypt international has so far registered 17 goals and 13 assists in the league to help Liverpool build up a six-point lead at the top of the table.

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates a goal  (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

However, negotiations over a new deal have been ongoing with Salah’s camp for months; the Egyptian forward on Friday confirmed that he and the club are still a long way from coming to an agreement.

Asked whether he believes this will be his last season at Liverpool, Salah told Sky Sports: “So far? Yes. Into the last six months, there is no progress there, we’re far away from any progress, so we just need to wait and see.”

Speaking about his ambitions at the start of the season, Salah said: “The first thing that was on the list was to win the Premier League with Liverpool.

“In my interviews over the last seven or eight years, I always say [I want to win the] Champions League. But this is the first time I’m saying I really want to win the Premier League with Liverpool.”

When asked why that is, he added: “I have no idea. It’s probably because we didn’t celebrate the one we won in the way we wanted and also, coming back here too, it’s my last year in the club so you want to do something special for the city. That was the thing in my head.

“We waited for that title for 30 years or so. So, to win it and it was the pandemic at that time, we didn’t really have time to celebrate it in the right way. It’s not a nice thing to do, so hopefully we can do it this year.”

Salah will be back on the pitch on Jan. 5 when Arne Slot’s team host Manchester United in their next fixture.