Ahead Of The Fight Against Burnley, Klopp Makes Sure Liverpool Will Renew Salah's Contract, This Is The Reason

Mohamed Salah, could become the most expensive player in Liverpool's history. (photo: twitter @lfc)

JAKARTA - Jurgen Klopp has confirmed new contract talks with Mohamed Salah have been reopened by Liverpool. But the Reds boss refused to give too much information about the negotiation process with the Egyptian striker this week.

Salah has two years remaining, following a contract extension he signed in the summer of 2018. He has been identified as one of several key players the Reds are looking to extend on a number of new terms this summer.

Retention of players has been a major theme this summer for Liverpool, after new deals already emerged for Alisson Becker, Fabinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.

Liverpool are keen to reward Salah for his performances at Anfield and any new terms are likely to make him the highest-paid player in the club's history. Moreover, there is a possibility that a raise will see him earn more than £200,000 per week.

Klopp admits there are plans to increase Salah's stay at Anfield, but they want to avoid specifics from those discussions.

Asked if he was involved in those talks, Klopp said: "Yes, I was involved in almost everything at the club.

"Maybe some talk happened without me, that's possible, but other than that I know about everything and it's always been like that, we don't really talk about these kinds of things," Klopp said.

"I know we changed it a little bit with Hendo (Jordan Henderson's contract clause) but that doesn't mean we're going to talk from now on and tell the media about every little step we're making in negotiations and things like this."

"Two things: Mo is obviously in a very, very good moment in terms of football, in terms of mood, how he behaved from the first day he came back was really great," added Klopp.

"So we are all adults, we are all professionals, there are talks and talks and when there is a decision we will let you know. Until then it's important how the parties work together on these things," Klopp said.

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"It's not about Mo, it's more general so if it's perfect, we don't need to talk about anything else and 35 people can talk in the background, but with two years left you can imagine there's talk and that's it," Klopp said, unwillingly. further detailing the deal offered by the Reds for the Liverpool star.

Salah's goal in last week's 3-0 win over Norwich was met with an instant tweet from his representative, Ramy Abbas, on social media, who posted "I hope they watch" as his client celebrates at Carrow Road.

The cryptic post was seen, by some, as a message to club owners Fenway Sports Group and the recruitment team handling new contract talks.

The goal at Norwich was Salah's 96th Premier League goal for the Reds. This total was his 126th goal since his move from Roma in June 2017.

This Saturday, August 21, Salah will again be involved in the mainstream of Liverpool's game, when he entertains Burnley at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool. Klopp made sure Salah to be his mainstay in that match. In fact, he also hopes that a new record will emerge from his appearance.

Klopp says he doesn't need to talk to his players about the potential new record he could break at Anfield. He has described his four seasons at the club to date as "absolutely insane".

"I don't need to remind Mo [about the record], he knows it," Klopp added. "Of course he's aware of all these things but he's fine. He's enjoying his time here. Breaking records is great and the records he has broken are absolutely insane.

"I didn't know last week that when he scored he became the first player in history to score in the first game of five seasons in a row. There is a reason why nobody has been able to do it all this time. It's very difficult and he can do it, added Klopp.

"When he plays football and works as hard as he does then situations will come where with his quality he can score goals and he will," Klopp said.

"He can set records in assists too, so just being around goal situations, that's Mo Salah and I'm very happy if he stays like this," Klopp said.