Mohamed Salah signs new contract as Liverpool future confirmed

Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract at Liverpool, ending the uncertainty that surrounded his future on Merseyside for months.

Salah has signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2027. The 32-year-old had been due to become a free agent at the end of the current season, having been one of three players facing an uncertain future along with Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Salah has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia since Al-Ittihad had a $188m (£150m/€181m) in 2023, while Paris Saint-Germain was also touted as a possible destination earlier in the season. Having now put pen to paper on a new deal, he ends any speculation of an exit from Anfield in the near future.

Speaking to the club's website, Salah said: “Of course I’m very excited. We have a great team now. Before also we had a great team. But I signed because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy my football.

“It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career.

“I would like to say to [the fans], I am very, very happy to be here. I signed here because I believe we can win a lot of big trophies together. Keep supporting us and we’ll give it our best, and hopefully in the future we’re going to win more trophies.”

Salah has been in sensational form for Liverpool this season, having accumulated 33 goals and 22 assists in 45 appearances. With the Egyptian having been very vocal during his contract saga, the club's owners FSG had the heat turned up on them by supporters before eventually reaching a compromise with the winger.

"You know I have been in the club for many years," he said in November, having indicated he was "more out than in".

"There is no club like this. But in the end it is not in my hands. As I said before, it is December and I haven't received anything yet about my future.

"I love the fans. The fans love me. In the end it is not in my hands or the fans' hands. Let's wait and see.

"I'm not going to retire soon so I'm just playing, focusing on the season and I'm trying to win the Premier League and hopefully the Champions League as well."

With Salah now signed up, Liverpool fans will be hopeful of positive updates on the futures of Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold, with both having been handed new contract offers. Alexander-Arnold is expected to join Real Madrid.

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