{"id":8936,"date":"2025-01-04T00:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T00:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-says-no-progress-on-new-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T00:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T00:38:34","slug":"liverpool-mohamed-salah-says-no-progress-on-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-says-no-progress-on-new-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Mohamed Salah says no progress on new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Salah has been increasingly vocal about his Liverpool future in media interviews over recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following a 3-0 win against Manchester United in September, Salah said he treated the game as if it was the &#8220;last time&#8221; he would play at Old Trafford, before saying something similar when Liverpool beat Manchester City last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After a win over Southampton in November the former Chelsea forward said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cn0d7rzywygo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">he was &#8220;disappointed&#8221;<\/a> by the lack of a contract offer, reiterating after Monday&#8217;s win at West Ham that any agreement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cgq1p5ve4n0o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">was &#8220;far away&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite those comments Salah says he has been able to block out the speculation and focus on his football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;The thing in my head is that if this is the last six months, what do you want to see in the future?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Do you want to look back and say I was concerned or stressed about the contract? Or do you just want to say I had an unbelievable season? That&#8217;s what is in my head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If I ever feel distraction, I just remind myself I want to look back and say I had an unbelievable season. That&#8217;s what I want to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Salah is the Premier League top scorer this season with 17 goals, three ahead of Manchester City&#8217;s Erling Haaland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Basel forward, club captain Virgil van Dijk and England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold are all out of contract at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alexander-Arnold has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid, though Reds  manager Arne Slot says he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cdek0lyjd50o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">&#8220;fully committed&#8221; to the club.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/clynq1l84gdo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salah has been increasingly vocal about his Liverpool future in media interviews over recent months. Following a 3-0 win against Manchester United in September, Salah said he treated the game as if it was the &#8220;last time&#8221; he would play at Old Trafford, before saying something similar when Liverpool beat Manchester City last month. 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