Mohamed Salah Would Reportedly Accept One-Year Liverpool Deal to Stay
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Based on what appears to be a briefing from the player's camp, Salah's priority is extending his stay at Liverpool even if it means agreeing a shorter contract.
Mohamed Salah appears set to head into the final six months of his Liverpool contract in the new year, and with it to be able to formally negotiate a contract with another club, but the Egyptian superstar's priority remains on extending his time with the Reds.
That's the latest news following Sunday's 2-0 Liverpool victory over Manchester City, a match that saw the forward involved in both Liverpool goals, in so doing equal Wayne Rooney's Premier League-era record of 36 league games with at least a goal and assist.
According to The Athletic's Simon Hughes, at least—and it should be noted Hughes recently released a book about Salah's time at Anfield with the player's involvement—Salah would even be willing to agree a one-year extension to continue on Merseyside.
The operating assumption has to be that it's a message coming from the player's camp, and moreover one meant to counter recent speculation that term could be a sticking point, with rumours the club preferred a two-year deal while Salah might be seeking three.
The flexibility to be willing to extend for just a single season would, one imagines, come at a cost for the club by way of higher base wages, but it does also seem to signal a player who is willing to bet that he won't suffer a precipitous decline over the next 12 months.
It would also set up the need to negotiate another extension next season. Salah, though, remains amongst the very best players in the world—and whether a one-year, two-year, or three-year deal makes most sense for the club, he's signalling flexibility on that front.
It's increasingly difficult to argue Salah isn't amongst the game's all time greats, and he remains just as effective for and important to the club as at any point over the past seven years. He wants to stay. It's well past the time the club found a way to make it happen.
