1 week Ago By Evening Standard
Liverpool have officially confirmed that Mohamed Salah has put pen to paper on a new deal at Anfield. The Premier League’s top scorer is thought to have extended his eight-year stay on Merseyside until the summer of 2027 to bring to an end a long-running contract saga that many fans feared could have led to an exit at the end of the season. Reports earlier this week stated that Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is also now expected to commit his own future to Liverpool, though Trent Alexander-Arnold looks set to join Spanish giants Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer.
“Of course I’m very excited. We have a great team now. Before also we had a great team.
But I signed because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy my football,” Salah told Liverpool’s official website. “It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10.
Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career. “I would like to say to [the fans], I am very, very happy to be here.
I signed here because I believe we can win a lot of big trophies together. Keep supporting us and we’ll give it our best, and hopefully in the future we’re going to win more trophies.” Salah has cemented a firm legacy as one of Liverpool’s all-time great players since joining the club from Serie A side Roma in a £34million deal in the summer of 2017, defying his previous struggles at Chelsea to shine as one of the Premier League’s best-ever forwards.
He has scored 243 goals and registered 111 assists in 394 appearances across all competitions so far for the Reds, including 32 and 22 in 45 games this season to lead the top-flight Golden Boot race by six ahead of the injured Erling Haaland. More to follow.
