Mo Salah happy to stay at Reds longterm, if club wants him
MOHAMED Salah has sent a message to Liverpool by reiterating his long-term future lies in the club’s hands.
The Egypt international, the Premier League’s top scorer this season with 13 goals, has a contract until the summer of 2023 and has said he wants to stay and continue to break records with the Reds.
However, in a rare interview just before Christmas, the forward voiced his disappointment at not being named captain for their Champions League group match against Midtjylland and encouraged speculation by talking about the “great” clubs of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
At the time, manager Jurgen Klopp played down the significance of the comments, although he admitted they could not force people to stay.
Asked about his future by Norwegian channel TV2, Salah said: “I do not know. If you ask, I say I want to stay here as long as I can, but, as I have said before, it is in the hands of the club.
“I will always give 100 per cent to the last minute I am in this club and I want to win as many trophies as I can.
“And I want to give 100 per cent to the people, who show me love all the time.”
After a run of four goals in four league matches, Salah’s blank in Sunday’s goalless draw with Manchester United made it four games without a goal.
Midfielder Thiago Alcantara admits not converting chances affects the players’ self-confidence.
“When we didn’t make the goals, we’re just getting our self-confidence a bit down and that’s why the game changed,” said Thiago.
“At the end, it’s football, and in some minutes of the game you are in high emotions and sometimes you are low — it’s part of the game.
“Without winning, we are never satisfied. We have to do much better to be on top of the league.”
PHIL Neville has been appointed as the new head coach at Major League Soccer outfit Inter Miami after ending his tenure as England Women boss.
Inter Miami confirmed the news yesterday, a few hours on from the Football Association announcing the 43-year-old was stepping down from his role with the Lionesses with immediate effect.