“I want to win the Premier League. It’s probably because we didn’t celebrate our victory the way we wanted in 2020 (due to COVID) and also, because it’s my last year in the club, so we want to do something special for the city.» Mohamed Salah is starting very strong this year 2025. Not by his extraordinary performances which he is accustomed to, even since the arrival of Arne Slot, but by his desire to leave Liverpool at the end of his contract in June next. It’s also his way of putting pressure on his leaders, as we explained to you earlier today.
The future will tell us if this strategy is the right one or if the Egyptian will indeed leave the club he joined in 2017 from Roma for €42 million. Still, his words had the effect of a bombshell in England, where no one expected it, even though the Reds are leaders of the Premier League with 6 points ahead, two days before the reception of Manchester United (20th day, 5:30 p.m. at Anfield). The subject very quickly made the headlines in the media, especially since the contractual situations surrounding the winger but also Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold (also 2025) regularly animate the English news at the moment.
The English press believes in the pressure coup theory
For most press headlines, this is above all a new poker move on the part of the Egyptian. “Salah’s observation that this is his ‘last year’ at Liverpool was his latest opportunity to reference the ongoing contract dispute with the club” writing The Athleticnot forgetting to specify that “the 32-year-old is now allowed to discuss and sign a deal with foreign clubs“. Even the author of the interview on Sky SportsPatrick Davison, is convinced of the player’s fierce desire to still stay at the club where he has 231 goals and 101 assists in 375 appearances.
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“I think he wants to extend his stay at Liverpool. During the interview he again stated that this was his “last year” with the club but I think he doesn’t want that to be the case. Whatever happens, he seems determined not to let this problem stop him from playing and winning another Premier League title for the Reds», assures the journalist. There is one who is perhaps turning around in this Salah issue, it is the influential Jamie Carragher. Just a few days ago, the Liverpool legend and star consultant in England showed his confidence. This time, he expresses his exasperation.
If he did not comment directly on the situation, he took the liberty on X (formerly Twitter) to validate the comments of a Reds follower on the BBC. “I’m so, so bored with all this contract stuff. I really hope they all extend (Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold), but otherwise Liverpool will continue no matter who leaves.» What if Mohamed Salah had finally shot himself in the foot by wanting to resolve his situation as quickly as possible? The reception at Anfield on Sunday will already be a good indicator, as will Arne Slot’s reaction during his next briefing with the press.
