Liverpool has officially confirmed a new contract for Mohamed Salah, ending months of speculation.
The deal will keep him at the club until 2027, when he will be 35 years old.
This announcement follows extensive negotiations and concerns about him leaving as a free agent.
Salah expressed his commitment to winning trophies at Anfield, stating his belief in the team’s potential for success.
“Of course I’m very excited,” Salah told Liverpoolfc.com. “We have a great team now. Before also we had a great team. But I signed because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy my football.
“It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully, it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career.”
If he completes the next two years, he will have spent a decade with Liverpool, having already become the club’s third all-time top goalscorer.
The 32-year-old joined Liverpool from AS Roma in 2017 and has gone on to become a hugely popular figure at the club, scoring 243 goals across 394 appearances and winning three Golden Boot Awards as the Premier League’s top scorer.
He is set to win the accolade for a fourth time this season with 27 goals – six more than Manchester City’s Erling Haaland in second – as Liverpool sits 11 points clear at the top of the table during manager Arne Slot’s first season in charge.
Triumphing in the league this year would be the second Premier League title of Salah’s career, adding to the Champions League, FA Cup, and two League Cup trophies he has won with Liverpool.
“He’s shown at this club for so many years in a row now how much value he has for the team, for the club,” Slot told reporters on Friday. “Like, I assume, all the fans and his teammates, we are all very happy that he extended for two more years.”
He added: “I don’t think that it’s a surprise to you that I knew a bit better how his contract situation went throughout the whole season. Maybe for the fans, it was a pleasant surprise – I knew for a little bit longer, of course, that things were heading in the right direction.”
