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Liverpool contract trio ‘must win one more trophy before we leave’

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Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah has said he will leave the club along with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk once they win the top flight again.

The Reds are six points clear of Arsenal with a game in hand at the top of the table in their first season under manager Arne Slot, but focus has increasingly fallen on whether iconic striker Salah, captain Van Dijk and Wideman Alexander-Arnold will renew. their offers once expire at the end of the campaign.

“My motivation this year was to win a trophy and be a big part of winning that trophy – especially in the Premier League,” Salah said. Sky Sportsdiscussing the squad assembled by Slot’s predecessor Jurgen Klopp, whose trophies include the 2018/19 Champions League and 2019/20 Premier League.

“There’s still half of (this) team left like myself, Trent, Virgil, Alison, Robbo (Andy Robertson). It is necessary for us to win another trophy before we all leave.”

Salah Contract: “No progress”

Salah has scored for Liverpool every season since arriving from Roma in 2017 and has been in impressive form in 2024/25, scoring 20 times and netting 17 goals in 26 games in all competitions.

The 32-year-old said the circumstances of Liverpool’s last title win, which took place during the Covid pandemic, meant the team “didn’t really have time to celebrate in the right way”.

“There is no progress there,” he said prospect of extending his contract. “We are very far from any progress. We’ll just have to wait and see.

“The thing in my mind is if it’s the last six months, what do you want to see in the future? Do you want to look back and say “I was worried or stressed about the contract”?

“Or do you just want to say, ‘I’ve had an incredible season’?” This is in my head. If I ever feel distracted, I remind myself that I want to look back and say I had an incredible season.”

Journalist Patrick Davison, who spoke to Salah, said he believed the Egypt captain “wants to extend his time at Liverpool”.

“During the interview, he said again that it was his ‘last year’ with the club,” added Davison. “But I think he doesn’t want that to happen.”

Premier League title: Salah ‘wants big numbers’

“I’m really motivated to win the Premier League,” Salah reiterated. “I don’t want to have just a small part. I want to win it and then people say ‘he made the difference and made the team win’.

“Arsenal is catching us. (Wednesday) We’re caught by Chelsea. (In sixth place is the current champion) Manchester City will come back, for sure.

“It’s very difficult but we just have to stay focused, not take it for granted and keep working hard. I don’t want to get to the end of the season and say, “I had incredible numbers but the team didn’t win anything.” I just want to win the trophy and have the big numbers.”

Salah in the slot: Klopp “had a system”

Klopp won every major trophy available for nearly nine years at Liverpool before taking a break from management at the end of last season.

Former coach of Feyenoord Kouloheris he has overseen 23 wins and one loss from his opening 27 games, including wins in all six of Liverpool’s opening Champions League games and three Carabao Cup draws.

“The new coach has come in with a new idea that helps the team… maybe things have changed slightly, which makes us all want it more and want to win more,” Salah said.

“That’s not to say we didn’t want to win more, but a change can help the team and I’ve never been motivated to win the Premier League.

“With Jurgen, we had a system all the time. We stuck to what we did with him, no matter what.

“We did it for seven to eight years. The new manager changes something slightly depending on the game. We haven’t done this before.”

Liverpool are on a 23-game unbeaten run before they face Manchester United, who are 14th and 23 points behind them, at Anfield on Sunday (4.30pm GMT)



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