Former Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Mohamed Salah will lengthen his contract with the membership.
The Egyptian winger is out of contract in the summertime however there may be hope on Merseyside that he’ll agree to increase his keep at Anfield.
Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding his future, Salah continues to excel at Liverpool, scoring 21 objectives in 28 appearances this season, turning into the fourth-highest goalscorer within the membership’s historical past alongside the way in which.
Talking at his first press convention as Pink Bull’s World Head of Soccer, Klopp spoke of Salah’s significance to the membership.
He stated: “I hope he stays.
“That’s the largest striker LFC had in trendy occasions. Clearly that they had different good strikers, actually good strikers.
“However incredible participant, incredible human being, excellent athlete, one of the best ambassador [Egypt] may have, incredible actually just about in all departments. So I hope he’ll keep at Liverpool.”
🗣️ “Incredible participant, incredible human being”
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Klopp waved farewell to Liverpool on the finish of final season, marking the tip of a massively profitable period that noticed the Reds win the Premier League, the Champions League and a number of other different items of silverware alongside the way in which.
His departure got here as a shock to the footballing world, with the German declaring that he not had the power to be within the dugout.
Since then, he has taken up a job with Pink Bull as their Head of Soccer, sparking criticism from followers of his former membership.
However Klopp has now defined why he accepted his new position away from direct administration.
He added: “I at all times stated I liked what I do however the second after I felt I couldn’t do the job anymore that was it. It was the identical at Mainz, Dortmund and Liverpool. I’m brutally sincere with myself.
“It was not solely power. After greater than 1,000 video games on the sideline, hundreds of press conferences I didn’t need to do it anymore. I didn’t need to cease working both, I simply needed to do one thing completely different and a brand new begin, and this chance provides that.
“I heard issues however I didn’t have any plans on this course. I used to be centered on being a supervisor. I needed to be one of the best model of myself in that position. If you find yourself within the job I used to be in for thus lengthy, it’s tremendous intense.
“Recreation after sport, you retain a selected degree and I wasn’t utterly proud of that. I needed to study new issues and after I heard about this position, I knew I’d do this.”
Liverpool have excelled since new boss Arne Slot took over. The Reds are high of the Premier League, within the semi-finals of the EFL Cup and on the summit of the Champions League desk.