Owen analyses why Liverpool have yet to offer Salah a new contract
- Michael Owen believes Liverpool are not offering Mohamed Salah a new deal because the club is not interested in a long-term deal.
- Salah has been in excellent form this season, scoring 12 goals and providing 10 assists in 19 appearances.
- Salah is out of contract next summer, as are Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.
Michael Owen explains why Liverpool won’t offer Mohamed Salah a new deal as his current one expires
“I’m guessing, and I could be wrong. But what I’ve heard is that Mohamed Salah wants a long-term deal,” Owen told Optus Sport.
Michael Owen explains why Liverpool won’t offer Mohamed Salah a new deal. As his current one expires
“I’m guessing, and I could be wrong, but what I’ve heard is that Mohamed Salah wants a long-term deal,” Owen told Optus Sport.
“When you’re young you want a short-term contract, look attractive, short and make everyone want you. When you’re older, of course you want stability.”
“Salah is not like a normal player, he is fit and still doing well. But if he goes into negotiations and asks for a five-year contract, the club will think that is too long. Maybe they won’t even sit down and talk because Mo will say ‘I won’t talk to you if you don’t give me a five-year contract’. That leaves the ยูฟ่าเบท club with little choice but to open negotiations.”
“I don’t know the whole story about him and the club at the moment. But one thing Mo Salah has started with is he just gave a very heated interview and all of a sudden the fans are thinking, ‘Liverpool, what are you doing?’
Salah has been in fine form this season, scoring 12 goals and providing 10 assists in 19 appearances under Arne Slots.
However, his future remains a question mark as Salah is one of three key players, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk, whose contracts expire next summer.