Mohamed Salah will not be believed to have agreed a pay minimize in his new Liverpool contract, with one well-placed Egyptian journalist claiming it might actually rise.
Throughout the protracted negotiations over Salah’s new contract at Liverpool it was usually instructed that he would wish to compromise over its size or the pay concerned.
With a two-year deal now near being finalised it had been theorised {that a} discount on his club-record primary wage of £350,000 per week had been agreed.
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Nonetheless, the Occasions‘ Paul Joyce has already reported that “a pay minimize has not been on the agenda throughout talks.”
As an alternative, Egyptian journalist Ismael Mahmoud – who has seemingly been near the scenario all through Liverpool’s discussions with Salah’s consultant Ramy Abbas Issa – claims his wages will as a substitute enhance.
In a submit on X, the winwin reporter wrote: “I’ve heard that Salah’s potential wage within the new contract could be a set £400,000 per week.”
That may be a 12.5 p.c enhance on the ahead’s present wage and naturally it will set a brand new file for Liverpool’s all-time highest earner.
Journalist Danny Gallagher has additionally reported that the delay in an settlement being reached centred across the incentives constructed into Salah’s new contract.
Whereas undisclosed this might doubtless embody bonuses for objectives, assists and each particular person and collective honours.
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With Virgil van Dijk additionally near signing a brand new contract – and a double announcement doable within the coming days – it stands to purpose that the Dutchman might additionally see his wages enhance.
Van Dijk is amongst various gamers within the bracket under Salah by way of pay, together with Alisson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
If Liverpool are sanctioning pay rises for each Salah and Van Dijk, who’re of their early 30s, it might point out a willingness to extend their wage construction.
Ibrahima Konate‘s representatives are reported to be in search of a wage of round £200,000 per week throughout talks over an extension to the Frenchman’s deal, which presently expires in 2026.
The centre-back is presently incomes within the area of £80,000 per week however is a first-choice starter for the Premier League champions-elect and, turning 26 in Could, will understandably really feel he deserves to be amongst Liverpool’s high earners.
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Liverpool is not going to affirm the small print of both Salah or Van Dijk’s contracts – virtually definitely not even the size of these offers – although features ought to be communicated through the Merseyside press.
‘Van Dijk and Salah contracts might set off others to signal’
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The extensions of Van Dijk and Salah make the image clearer for these on the membership and the gamers contemplating a transfer to Merseyside.
Like final season, when Arne Slot took over from Jurgen Klopp, it was comprehensible that people wished to see how issues performed out earlier than placing pen to paper.
If Liverpool’s No. 4 and No. 11 have been to go away this summer time, together with Alexander-Arnold, the Reds would once more be in a state of uncertainty.
Nonetheless, their impending signatures will go away gamers who’ve contracts expiring subsequent season, like Ibrahima Konate, arguably extra prone to lengthen themselves.
The presence of Salah and Van Dijk also needs to assist in the switch market, as Liverpool’s targets grow to be clearer and targets see that the Reds are right here to remain on the high desk beneath Slot.
