There is no doubt that Liverpool did one of the jobs of the decade when they bought Mohamed Salah from Roma for 50 million USD. The Egyptian footballer has grown into one of the best players in the Premier League, thus in the world, being one of the most deserving for breaking club’s 30-year Premier League drought and winning the domestic title, as well as the club’s first Champions League trophy after 15 years.His contract expires in less than two years, there is a mutual desire to continue cooperation, but also serious disagreements when it comes to the financial terms of the new contract. The Mirror reports that the 29-year-old footballer is asking for a salary of almost 700,000 USD weekly.Another year brings another grueling contract saga involving Milan and rich admirersLiverpool’s desire to retain key players this summer is clear. Thus, 50 million USD were spent on bringing the talented defender Ibrahima Konate from Leipzig, while the focus was on extending the contracts of the most important first team players. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker, captain Jordan Henderson, defenders Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, as well as Fabinho – all put pen to paper to extend their stay. It was Salah’s turn to sit at the negotiation table as well.The Egyptian earns over 270,000 USD a week, according to the current contract. Liverpool is willing to raise his weekly earnings, but it seems that the demands of the 12th best scorer in the history of the club are too high. Salah wants to become the absolute record holder of the Reds when it comes to salaries. However, that would seriously disrupt the financial structure of the club and the management is not ready for that.Sun, 12/9, 18.30: (4.90) LEEDS (3.60) LIVERPOOL (1.75)The man who quickly managed to score 127 goals for the red team from the city of the Beatles would like to earn over 35 million USD per season, which would put him among the highest paid players in the world. Given his performances and stats, he belongs in that group. Anfield boardroom are aware of that, so they will have to think of a negotiation strategy with the Egyptian footballer as soon as possible – Salah has been a wish of far richer clubs for years – Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have been mentioned the most.Club’s view is that Mo Salah will have to lower his demands, and the fact that he ignored the club’s demand not to join the Egyptian national team for the match against Gabon (as part of World Cup Qualifiers) does not work in his favour. However, as Gabon is not on the Great Britain’s “red list”, the 29-year-old footballer will not have to be quarantined upon his return to England.BarcaLeaks: Messi demanded to leave in August 2020In any case, time is slowly running out, and the alleged demands of the Egyptian seriously complicate the situation. It looks like one thing is clear, if he does not extend the contract until next summer – he will be sold. The management will certainly not want to be left without a dime when he leaves. That would be a huge blow to the club with sure state of panic among the fans.That’s why the Reds have to prepare “Plan B”. It will be almost impossible to find a direct replacement for such an influential player, capable of scoring goals out of nothing and terrorizing the opponent’s defenses with the wide attacking arsenal at his disposal.
