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– Mohamed Salah intends to sign a new deal at Liverpool, says Egypt sports minister Ashraf Sobhi.
– Sobhi said he advised Salah, 29, to leave Anfield, only for the Egypt forward to say he was likely to extend a contract that runs until June 2023.
– “I have advised him to continue his journey at a club other than Liverpool, but his direction now is to renew his contract,” Sobhi said.
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– Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he was “happy” with progress on a new deal.
– “The decisive parties are talking to each other and that’s all I need,” Klopp said.
– Salah said in January he wanted to stay at Liverpool but that his future was up to the club.
– “They know what I want. I’m not asking for crazy stuff,” he told GQ magazine at the time.
– “The administration have [been] told the situation. It’s in their hands.”
– Salah’s agent Ramy Abbas Issa tweeted laughing emojis in March after Klopp’s previous claim that he was “completely fine” with progress on an agreement.
– Recent reports claim Salah is close to agreeing a four-year dealexternal-link worth £400,000 per week in wages, having compromised on salary in exchange for longer terms.
– Sobhi said his conversation with Salah came after Egypt’s penalty shootout defeat in last week’s World Cup qualifying play-off against Senegal.
– “I said to him to forget what happened and focus on what’s next,” said Sobhi.
– Salah has scored 153 goals in 240 appearances for Liverpool since arriving from Roma in a £34m deal in 2017.
– He signed a contract extension a year later, after scoring 44 goals in his debut season.
– Liverpool won the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020.
