Prior to his £100,000-per-week initial deal at Anfield, Mohamed Salah has signed a new £220,000 weekly Liverpool contract to become the highest paid player in club’s history. Liverpool’s pre-season preparations have got off to the perfect start after Mohamed Salah signed a new long-term contract. The Egypt international is currently on holiday after playing at the World Cup but he has ended any discussion about his future after Liverpool ripped up his old terms and rewarded him with a deal that reflects his standing as one of the top players in Europe.
Salah, who had initially signed a deal worth around £100,000-per-week when he moved to Anfield from Roma 12 months ago, will now be one of Liverpool’s highest earners and having scored 44 goals in all competitions can expect to have doubled that figure. Manager Jurgen Klopp has already targeted an improvement on last season, when the club reached the Champions League final and finished in the top four. It had long been a priority for Liverpool to reward Salah for his outstanding debut campaign. His tally of 32 goals in the Premier League broke a record for a 38-game campaign and he was instrumental in helping his side reach the Champions League final.
Real Madrid, who beat Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev, had been persistently linked with Salah for a long period but Liverpool have a strong relationship with Salah’s agent Ramy Abbas Issa and negotiations between him and sporting director Michael Edwards were smooth. The new terms will keep Salah at Anfield until the summer of 2023 and, crucially, there is no release clause. It is now Liverpool’s policy when brokering deals with their players that release clauses are not included — that was a reason Emre Can chose not to renew his terms.