Contract Has Not Been Extended, Mohamed Salah Wants To Focus On Bringing Liverpool To The League Title: I Can't Be Selfish!

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (back). (Photo: Twitter @LFC)

JAKARTA – Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah admits he doesn't want to be selfish and confuse his contract situation at Liverpool. He chose to focus with the team to fight for the Premier League trophy.

The Egypt international's contract with "The Reds" will expire in 2023. However, until now the former Chelsea and AS Roma player has not signed a new deal at Anfield.

Reportedly during the last few months negotiations between the two sides have continued, but are still stalled. However, the 29-year-old player does not want to think about that problem and prefers to focus on helping the team in the competition for the Premier League title.

"I can't be selfish and talk about my situation. We are in the most important period for the team. So I just have to talk about the team, focus on what will happen with the team and that is the most important thing," Salah told Sky Sports. , quoted by Reuters.

Liverpool are currently in second place in the league standings with 72 points. They are just one point behind the leader of the standings as well as defending champions Manchester City.

The two teams will meet in an important match on Sunday, April 10 tomorrow evening at the Etihad Stadium. That fight has the potential to decide the fate of the title race even though there are still seven games remaining after that.

Liverpool won the Premier League Cup in February and are still in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Moreover, they also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup to stay on course for an unprecedented four trophies.

With such a big opportunity, Salah also refused to talk about the details of the negotiations between his side and the club. Although some British media reported Salah would stay at Anfield until his retirement.

"I can't say yes, I can't say no, but I've said many times before about what I want. Again, I can't go deep into my contract now because it's a very sensitive situation," he said. Wrong.

Salah is a very productive striker with Liverpool. He has become a key player for the Merseyside club having scored more than 150 goals for the club since joining from AS Roma in 2017.