Mohamed Salah breaks silence on new Liverpool deal and hints at length of new deal

Liverpool star has spoken of his appetiite to win more trophies for after . The forward's contract had been due to expire at the end of the current season, but his extension has been confirmed with less than two months of the campaign remaining.

“Of course I’m very excited," Salah told club media. "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.”

Liverpool's contract announcement doesn't make explicit mention of the length of the deal. However, he would bring up a decade as a Reds player at the end of the 2026-27 season.

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Salah is Liverpool's top scorer in the this term, and indeed the top scorer in the entire competition. He also leads the league for assists, sitting seven clear of the players in second.

He is one of three Reds stars whose deal had been due to expire at the end of the 2024-25 campaign. Club captain Virgil van Dijk has also offered optimism over an extension, though fellow defender appears destined for .

“There is progress, yeah," Dutch international Van Dijk said after Liverpool lost at over the weekend to see their Premier League cut. "I don’t know, we’ll see.

"Listen, these are internal discussions and we’ll see. I love the club, I love the fans and they were there for us again and we wanted to reward them at Fulham. But want I them to be there against on Sunday again and make the stadium an amazing venue like always for us.”

Liverpool sit 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League table with just seven games to go, leaving them as firm favourites for the title. They will have to wait until next season for another crack at the , though, after a penalty shootout defeat against Paris Saint-Germain saw them exit this year's edition after the round of 16.

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