LONDON —
Liverpool forward
Mohamed Salah says he is not asking for “crazy stuff” in any
new contract he signs with the Premier League club but wants the deal to
reflect his huge contribution at Anfield.
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The Egypt
international has fewer than 18 months remaining on his current deal and has
reiterated whether he stays or goes remains in the hands of Liverpool.
Reports have
suggested that Salah, who has won the Champions League and Premier League with
Liverpool, is looking for a weekly salary of more than £300,000 ($408,000).
That would smash
the Reds’ wage structure and would represent a significant policy change by the
club, with the owners reluctant to hand out lucrative contracts to players once
they reach 30, which Salah does in June.
Salah, who has
scored 111 goals in 165 Premier League matches for Liverpool, and is on track
for a third Golden Boot in five years, said he wanted to be appreciated.
“I want to stay,
but it’s not in my hands. It’s in their hands. They know what I want. I’m not asking
for crazy stuff,” Salah told GQ magazine.
“The thing is when
you ask for something and they show you they can give you something (they
should) because they appreciate what you did for the club.
“I’ve been here
for my fifth year now. I know the club very well. I love the fans. The fans
love me. But with the administration, they have (been) told the situation. It’s
in their hands.”
Salah, currently
playing for Egypt at the
Africa Cup of Nations, has made the three-man
shortlist, along with Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Paris
Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi, for FIFA’s best men’s player of 2021.
He finished
seventh in the race for last year’s Ballon d’Or, but the Egyptian’s ambition is
to be the best in the world.
“I can’t really
lie and say honestly I didn’t think about it,” he said. “No, I think about it.
I want to be the best player in the world.
“But I will have a good
life even if I don’t win. My life is OK, everything is fine.”
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