Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract extension with Liverpool.
The Egyptian put pen to paper over a reported two-year deal with the club, bringing a welcome end to the contract saga that has persisted throughout the campaign.
Salah’s previous contract was set to expire at the end of the season, meaning he would have departed Anfield on a free if an agreement was not reached.
Clubs in Saudi Arabia were keen to land the Reds talisman, but Salah has snubbed interest from overseas to stay put on Merseyside, finalising a deal just three months before he would have become a free agent.
“Of course I’m very excited,” he told the club’s official website. “We have a great team now. Before also we had a great team. But I signed because I think we have a chance to win other trophies and enjoy my football.
“It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career.
“I would like to say to [the fans], I am very, very happy to be here. I signed here because I believe we can win a lot of big trophies together. Keep supporting us and we’ll give it our best, and hopefully in the future we’re going to win more trophies.”
Despite Salah enjoying arguably his best season of his career in 2025/26, as well as repeatedly reiterating his desire to stay at Anfield, it took until April for any major progress on a new deal to be revealed.
The winger was one of three key Reds players to be embroiled in a contract standoff, with captain Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold also verging on free agency when their contracts expire this summer.
While Alexander-Arnold is closing in on a move to Real Madrid for next season, Liverpool are optimistic Van Dijk will follow Salah in extending his stay at the club,
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