Reds sign Salah for £34m

Liverpool have completed a deal for Roma winger Mohamed Salah.

The Egypt international has signed a five-year contract for a fee understood to be in the region of €39 million (£34.3m), including addons – not quite enough to break the club-record £35m paid to Newcastle for Andy Carroll in January 2011.

Salah was a long-term target of the club, who tried to sign him three years ago when they were pipped by Chelsea. Liverpool had a £28m offer turned down earlier this month but after finalising terms with the Serie A club on Wednesday, Salah travelled to Merseyside to complete his medical and sign his contract.

“I’m very excited to be here. I’m very happy,” he told liverpoolfc.com. “I will give 100 per cent and give everything for the club. I really want to win something for this club.

“We have a great team and very good players. Everyone can see the coach gives everything. I hope that together we can give everything to win something for the club, for the supporters and for us.”

Manager Jurgen Klopp said: “Mohamed has the perfect mix of experience and potential – this is a really exciting signing for us. He knows the Premier League, he has pedigree in the Champions League and he is one of the most important players for his country.”