Striker Mohamed Salah, whose current contract expires in June, has set himself the goal of winning the Premier League in what could be his “last year” at Liverpool, he says in an interview broadcast on Friday by SkySports.
Will leave, will not leave? The media soap opera surrounding the Egyptian star of “ Reds » continued with this interview granted to the main broadcaster of the Premier League.
The 32-year-old striker claims to have, since last summer, made the English championship the number one objective of his season, and no longer the Champions League, unlike in previous years.
For what? “ I don’t know anything about it. It’s probably because we didn’t celebrate the one we won as we wanted.“, in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic, he explained. But also ” because it’s my last year at the club and I want to do something special for the city« .
Does he really believe the end is coming for Liverpool? “ So far, yes. These are the last six months (of the contract, editor’s note). We are far from any progress. So we have to wait and see“, declared the current top scorer (17) and assistor (13) in the championship.
At regular intervals, the No.11 from Liverpool, who arrived in 2017 on the banks of the Mersey, said to himself “ disappointed » of the club’s lack of eagerness to extend it. His contract expires at the end of June and he can theoretically, since January 1, discuss with other clubs wishing to enlist him during the next offseason.
The club, for its part, has never officially commented on its situation, nor on those of Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, two other executives at the end of their contract.
With Salah, they have notably won the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, in addition to the European Super Cup, the Club World Cup and the Premier League.
« There’s still half the team like me, Trent, Virgil, Alisson, Robbo (Andy Robertson, editor’s note). It’s necessary for us to win another trophy before we all leave“, insisted the Egyptian.
At mid-season, Liverpool are at the top of the English championship and the current Champions League standings. THE ” Reds » are still in the running in the two national cups.
