Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah reaffirmed on Friday that he is preparing for this to be his final season at the Merseyside club as negotiations over a new contract have stalled.
Salah's existing contract will expire at the end of the season, with teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk also out of contract in the summer.
The 32-year-old Egypt international has enjoyed an impressive individual campaign so far, registering 17 goals and 13 assists in the league to help Liverpool move into a six-point lead at the top of the table.
Negotiations over a new deal have been ongoing with Salah's camp for months; However, he confirmed on Friday that he and the club are still far from reaching an agreement.
When asked if he thinks this will be his last season at Liverpool, Salah told Sky Sports: “So far? Yes. In the last six months, there has been no progress there, we are far from any progress, so we just need “Wait and see.”
Speaking about his ambitions at the start of the season, Salah said: “The first thing on the list was to win the Premier League with Liverpool.
“In my interviews over the last seven or eight years, I always say [I want to win the] Champions League. “But this is the first time I've said I really want to win the Premier League with Liverpool.”
When asked why, he added: “I have no idea. It's probably because we didn't celebrate the one we won like we wanted to and also, coming back here too, it's my last year at the club, so you want to do something special for the city. That's what I had in my head.
“We waited for that title for about 30 years. So to win it and it was the pandemic at the time, we didn't really have time to celebrate it the right way. It's not a nice thing to do, so hopefully we can do it this year.”
Alexander-Arnold's future became more complicated this week, with sources confirming to ESPN that Liverpool rejected an offer from Real Madrid for the England international.
Salah, Alexander Arnold and Van Dijk played key roles in Liverpool's Premier League title in 2019-20 and their Champions League triumph in 2019. They also won the FA Cup (2022), the Carabao (2022, 2024). , UEFA Super Cup (2019) and Club World Cup (2019) during his time at Anfield.
Liverpool start 2025 with an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League table, having picked up 45 points from their first 18 games. Slot's team will host Manchester United in their next match on January 5.
