Aguero signs until 2021

by the time his new deal expires. “My idea was being here for 10 years. This was the main reason I signed.”

Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristain said Aguero remains at the “forefront of what we want to achieve in the coming years”.

“We are fortunate to have had one of the best strikers in the world at our club for so many years,” he said.

Aguero added: “It’s true that we’ve got a lot of young talent, that in the future can make the difference. At the same time the youngsters are quite developed already, like Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Gabriel Jesus.

“There are a lot of players that have got things to improve and learn, but being in this club you learn and improve faster than anywhere else.”BBC crisis”.

Egypt international Salah, 26, netted 44 times for the Reds last season and was the Premier League’s top scorer.

He has scored twice in six matches this term, though he had only one more goal at this stage of the 2017-18 campaign.

“No-one remembers that [how he started last season],” said Klopp. Salah scored Liverpool’s opening goal of the season against West Ham in August, but has not scored since his strike in the Reds’ win over Brighton four weeks ago.

“Wow, that is a crisis,” said Klopp, whose side host Southampton today. “It is really no problem.” When asked if people were expecting the same from Salah as last season, the German boss said: “Of course everyone expects that, that is clear.

“We don’t expect that - but we want him to score as often as possible.”

Liverpool have won their opening five league matches and are second in the table, level on points with Chelsea, and Klopp says Salah remains a “threat” to the opposition.

“On the defensive side, the past two games he was outstanding, perfect,” he added.

“That says everything about him. He is really ready to work for the team in these moments.