One down, one to go. That is how the Liverpool hierarchy see it. Virgil van Dijk will almost certainly put pen to paper next, but Trent Alexander-Arnold is seen as a lost cause.
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Despite the social media keyboard warriors rounding on Hughes on a weekly basis, as contract stalemates surrounding three of the club’s greatest ever players dragged on, internally there was never any panic.
Saudi Arabia’s Pro League clubs, several sources told The i Paper, gave up long ago. Salah had been tempted by the Middle Eastern riches when Saudi clubs first came in for the Egyptian in 2023, with Liverpool rebuffing an £150m offer for their star man.
There was hope that, given Salah’s accomplishments in England, he was ready to take the Saudi riches and Arab adulation. The 32-year-old, still in remarkable condition for his age, still has unfinished business in England.
The story continues for Mo Salah at Liverpool (Photo: Getty)A pursuit of individual accolades has helped settle Salah’s mind. Given his incredible goalscoring exploits this season, Salah is closing on the upper echelons of the Premier League’s all-time top goalscoring charts, sitting fifth in the rankings.
Premier League all-time top goalscorers
1: Alan Shearer – 260 goals 2: Harry Kane – 213 3: Wayne Rooney – 208 4: Andrew Cole – 187=5: Sergio Aguero – 184=5: Mohamed Salah – 184Contrary to social media masses, Hughes deserves a great deal of credit in helping get this most crucial contract over the line.
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The i Paper has been told there has never been any panic or souring of relations in the entire process.
Announcing it before the pending title party has always been the plan, as the club want nothing to overshadow something supporters have waited 35 years for, after being denied a proper celebration due to Covid back in 2020.
That summer transfer business will be infinitely easier with a totem of attacking supremacy to build around, one primed and ready to take home more individual trophies to cram in alongside his team ones.
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