Transfer news: Mohamed Salah signs new ‘long-term’ Liverpool contract

Liverpool FC announced on Friday that Mohamed Salah has signed a new long-term contract with the club, which will reportedly last until 2025. The forward, who was named the FWA Footballer of the Year and the PFA Player’s Player of the Year for 2021–22, after helping Jurgen Klopp’s side in the domestic cup double, has put his future together by putting pen to paper for the Reds. committed to. Deal on Friday.

After five years with the club, Salah will now stay at Anfield, having scored 156 goals in 254 appearances so far.

Number 11 told LiverpoolFC.com: “I feel great and” [I am] Excited to win trophies with the club. It’s a happy day for everyone.

“I guess, it takes a while to renew, but everything’s done now, so we just need to focus on what’s next.

“I think you can see in the last five or six years that the team was always moving [upwards], Last season we were close to winning four, but unfortunately we lost two trophies in the last week of the season.

“I think we are in a good position to fight for everything. We have new signings too. We just need to keep working hard, have a good vision, stay positive and do everything again.”

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Liverpool completed a deal for Salah from AS Roma in June 2017 and the Egyptian made an immediate impact, scoring 44 goals in all competitions in his first season.

Thirty-two of them came in the Premier League, holding the record for most runs in a 38-game season in the division.

His form not only earned him the first of three Golden Boots to date, but also FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Players Player of the Year accolades as well as Premier League Player of the Season awards.

He would help the Reds to the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Kyiv, although it ended in individual and collective heartbreak.

Nevertheless, Salah was an integral part of Klopp’s team, which challenged for the Premier League title the following stint, as they scored 97 points and lost just once throughout the season.

And although they would eventually miss out on the crown by one point, Liverpool secured a sixth European Cup win by defeating Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final in Madrid, with Salah scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot.

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Then, the following campaign – in its later stages interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic – the Reds made their way to 99 points in the Premier League and ended a 30-year wait to become league champions, the first of the UEFA Super Cup. had claimed. and fifa club World Cup that word.

Klopp’s men faced a tough 2020-21, with most of the matches played behind closed doors; However, Salah’s form was integral to helping him finish third as he scored 31 times in all competitions.

Last season, the forward again hit the 31-goal mark, helping Liverpool to a double in the domestic cup as well as losing both the Premier League and the Champions League once again. He again collected both the FWA and PFA awards for Outstanding Player of the Year in recognition of his form – and added the Premier League Playmaker Award for most assists in his latest Golden Boot.

The 30-year-old, who celebrated his birthday last month, currently sits ninth on Liverpool’s list of all-time top scorers – and the new deal represents an opportunity for him to raise those standings even further and help Klopp . In the coming seasons, men chase more silverware.

Salah said: “My message [to the fans] Do the players of the team want to give their best in the next season to try to win all the trophies.

“As always, you stay behind us and give us a big push and I’m sure we’re going to win the trophy again [together],

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