The breakup came close as Liverpool failed to reach an agreement on renewing the contract with club legend Mohamed Salah.
Salah, who is in the spotlight due to whether to renew his contract with his current team along with Son Heung-min in the Premier League transfer market this season, seems to be choosing to be released as a free agent.
Global media ‘Tribuna’ reported on the 19th (Korea Standard Time) that “Riverpool has not found a breakthrough in renewal negotiations with Mohamed Salah.”
According to the media, Paul Joyce, a reporter for The Times, who is familiar with Liverpool news, recently revealed the status of renewal negotiations between Liverpool and Salah. The contract period between Salah and Liverpool expires in June 2025.
Salah is satisfied with his life in Liverpool, but he has rarely reached an agreement on renewing his contract. “Salah is living happily in Liverpool, and his family is also living a stable life,” the media said. “Liverpool is still in talks with Salah, but it is not close to an agreement yet, and we have not yet found a clear breakthrough.”
World-renowned soccer star Salah became a Liverpool legend striker after joining Liverpool in 2017. He has scored 221 goals and 99 assists in 366 appearances for Liverpool so far, including this season.
Salah became a world-class striker representing the Premier League as he became the top scorer of the Premier League three times while in Liverpool. In the 2021-22 season, he scored 23 goals in the Premier League and became the joint top scorer with South Korean soccer star Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur).
Thanks to Salah’s performance, Liverpool has won a total of eight trophies over the past seven years by winning one Premier League, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup, one FIFA Club World Cup, one Community Shield, one FA Cup and two Carabao Cups.
With his outstanding performances every year, Salah has been named one of Liverpool’s best recruits ever. He is also a key player in Liverpool’s offense during the 2024-25 season, scoring 10 goals and 10 assists in 17 matches in all competitions.
In particular, even though the manager changed from Jurgen Klopp to Arne Slot, Salah has scored eight goals and six assists in 11 Premier League games this season, helping Liverpool lead the way.
Salah is also outstanding this season, and many fans want him to extend his contract, but Liverpool has rarely reached an agreement with Salah on a new contract.
Regarding the reason why the renewal of contracts between Liverpool and Salah is struggling, reporter Joyce said, “It’s more complicated than a simple solution to just give Salah everything he wants,” explaining that it’s not an easy solution.
“Other than Salah, his agent and Liverpool director 플러스카지노, few people know Salah’s specific salary and bonuses,” he said. “Considering the incentives built into Salah’s existing contract, the often cited figure of 350,000 to 400,000 pounds a week (about 617 million to 700 million won) may be a conservative estimate.”
In this regard, British ‘Give Me Sports’ said, “Sala Agent said in a Harvard Business School study last year that renewing his contract with Salah is a catalyst for him and his image rights company to earn at least 1 million pounds (about 1.8 billion won) per share.”
Salah is already one of the highest-paid players in the Premier League. The problem is that Salah is likely to be making more money than is known to the outside world, and Liverpool is reluctant to raise his salary further.
The media also said, “Liverpool fans’ insistence on giving Salah the amount he wants can be a little unfair to those negotiating,” adding, “Because Liverpool has to pay as much as Salah’s value, and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk also have to be careful not to make a big pay gap among some Liverpool stars as their contracts expire in the summer.”