Mo Salah signs new £40million two-year deal with Liverpool as Arne Slot hails Egyptian star’s ‘mentality’

The long-running saga over the Egypt international’s future was finally ended with the announcement the 33-year-old, whose deal was due to expire in the summer, had committed himself to the Premier League champions-elect for another two years.

Salah said he signed “because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy my football”.

The forward added: “I said in the beginning of the season, I just want to win the Premier League more than anything else. I want it so bad, to be fair.”

Arne Slot ‘very happy’ as Mo Salah renews contract with Liverpool

Sporting director Richard Hughes has spent a large amount of his time working on the negotiations, in addition to those involving Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold who are also in their final three months.

But Slot admits it also required the financial backing of owners Fenway Sports Group to get it over the line after deviating from their policy of not handing players over 30 lucrative new contracts, with a cut in…

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