Mohamed Salah, the Premier League's top scorer, has said he will not leave the club, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk, until they win the Premier League again.
The Reds are six points clear of Arsenal and have a game in hand at the top of the table in their first season under coach Arne Slott, but the focus is increasingly on whether iconic striker Salah, captain Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold will renew. Their deals once they expire at the end of the campaign.
“My motivation this year was to win the title and be a big part of winning this cup, especially the English Premier League,” Salah said. Sky Sportsdiscusses the squad assembled by Slott's predecessor, Jurgen Klopp, whose titles include the 2018/19 Champions League and 2019/20 Premier League.
“There's still half the team left like me, Trent, Virgil, Alisson, Robbo (Andy Robertson). It's essential for us to win another title before we all leave.”
𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Mohamed Salah confirmed that this is his last season at Liverpool:
🗣️ “I really want to win the Premier League this season because it is my last year at the club. I want to give something special to the city.”
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Salah contract: No progress
Salah has top-scored for Liverpool in every season since his arrival from Roma in 2017 and has been in fine form in 2024/25, scoring 20 goals and making 17 assists in 26 appearances in all competitions.
The 32-year-old said the circumstances of Liverpool's last title win, which occurred during the Covid pandemic, meant their team “didn't really have time to celebrate it in the right way”.
“There is no progress there,” he said. Possible extension of his contract. “We are far from making progress. We will just have to wait and see.”
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“The thing I have in mind is if this has been the last six months, what do you want to see in the future? Do you want to look back and say 'I was worried or nervous about the contract'?”
“Or do you just want to say 'I had an unbelievable season'? That's what goes through my head. If I get any distractions, I just remind myself that I want to look back and say I had an unbelievable season.”
Reporter Patrick Davison, who spoke to Salah, said he believes the Egypt captain “wants to extend his time at Liverpool.”
“During the interview, he said again that this was his last year with the club,” Davison added. “But I think he doesn't want it to be that way.”
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English Premier League title: Salah wants big numbers
Salah confirmed: “I am really excited to win the English Premier League.” “I don't just want to have a small part. I want to win it and then people say 'He made the difference and made the team win.'
“Arsenal is catching up with us. (4th place) Chelsea is catching up with us. (6th place) Manchester City will definitely come back.
“It's very difficult but we just have to stay focused, not take it for granted and keep working hard. I don't want to get to the end of the season and say 'I had unbelievable numbers but the team didn't win anything'. I just want to win the title and get Big numbers.”
Salah: Klopp had one system
Klopp had won every major trophy available during his nearly nine years at Liverpool before Leave from management at the end of last season.
Slot former Feyenoord manager He oversaw 23 wins and one defeat in his first 27 appearances, including victories in all six of Liverpool's opening Champions League matches and three Carabao Cup ties.
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Salah said: “The new coach came with a new idea to help the team… Maybe things have changed a little, which makes us all want it more and want to win more.”
“That doesn't mean we didn't want to win more, but change can help the team and I had no incentive to win the Premier League.
“With Jurgen, we had one system all the time. We stuck to what we were doing with him, no matter what.
We've been doing this for seven to eight years. The new manager changes something a bit, depending on the game. We've never done that before.”
Liverpool are unbeaten in 23 successive matches before facing Manchester United, who sit 14th and 23 points behind them, at Anfield on Sunday (4.30pm GMT).
