Salah stays at Anfield: winger extends contract with Liverpool
Kyiv • UNN
Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract with Liverpool that will run until 2027. The Egyptian has stated that his best years are spent at the Merseyside club.
Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah has extended his contract with the Merseyside club, which expired this summer. The Egyptian will remain with the team for another two years - until June 2027. This is reported by the official website of Liverpool, reports UNN.
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"FC Liverpool can announce that Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club after the 2024-25 season," the statement said.
Sahal himself said that his best years are spent at Liverpool.
We have a great team now. We also had a great team before. But I signed a contract because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy football. It's great, I've had the best years here. I've played eight years, hopefully it will be the 10th. I enjoy my life here, I enjoy my football. I've had the best years of my career. I would like to tell the fans that I am very, very happy to be here. I signed a contract because I believe we can win many great trophies together. Keep supporting us and we will do our best, and hopefully we will win more trophies in the future
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said that "over the years, Mohamed Salah has demonstrated his value to the club, so we are all happy that he has extended his contract."
Of course, I am very happy. I think the fans took this news with relief. It was probably a pleasant surprise for them. Salah could have chosen any club as a free agent, but he stayed with us, which is a compliment to the club. The management did a great job, putting in a lot of effort and money to convince Salah to stay with the team. But it's not just money that played an important role. I think it will be nice for other players we may want to sign this summer to hear that Salah has stayed
Journalist Fabrizio Romano reported that Salah extended his contract, which expired this summer, until June 2027. In addition, according to him, Liverpool are also close to extending the contract with Virgil van Dijk, which also expires in June 2025.
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Mohamed Salah moved to Liverpool from Roma in the summer of 2017 for 42 million euros. During his time at the club, Salah twice became the footballer of the year in England, 4 times won the Golden Boot of the championship, won the "gold" of the English Premier League, became the winner of the UEFA Super Cup, as well as the English Super Cup.
In addition, in 2018 he won the Ferenc Puskas Award - the award for the most beautiful goal of the year against Liverpool's fierce rival Everton.
In 8 years at Liverpool, Salah has played in 394 matches, scoring 243 goals and providing 111 assists. It should be noted that Salah is in 3rd place in the list of Liverpool's top scorers, second only to club legends Roger Hunt (274 goals) and Ian Rush (339 goals).
In the current season, Salah has scored 27 goals in 31 matches in the Premier League and provided 17 assists, which allowed him to take first place in the goalscoring race. His closest rival Erling Haaland has 21 goals in his account. Liverpool are currently in first place in the Premier League, 11 points ahead of their closest rivals Arsenal with 7 rounds to go before the end of the championship.
In the Champions League, from which Liverpool were eliminated by PSG in the 1/8 after a penalty shootout, Salah played 9 matches, in which he scored 3 goals and provided 4 assists.
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