Speaking to OTB, Mark Lawrenson has been speaking about Mohamed Salah and his future at Liverpool.
The Egyptian’s contract is winding down. He has around 15 months to run on his current deal, and it seems as though the winger is at a bit of a stalemate in negotiations with his current club.
Interestingly, Lawrenson thinks that Salah will leave, and he believes he’s spotted a sign that he could be on his way.
Indeed, Lawrenson pointed towards previous contract and transfer announcements stating that Liverpool usually get things done without much fuss, but the fact that the Salah saga is dragging on so publicly makes Lawrenson think that a deal won’t be struck.
What’s been said?
Lawrenson gave his view.
“It is what it is, if you think about Salah, I don’t see him signing a contract at Liverpool, which is probably far more important. I just don’t see it, I think he’ll walk away. I do, they’ve been talking and talking for ages. I get this feeling that he will go somewhere else and get one last payday, and I think he thinks he’s done enough at Liverpool to justify that,” Lawrenson said.
Lawrenson was then asked if he’s seen anything that makes him think that Salah won’t sign his contract.
“There’s one or two rumours, and everyone hears rumours, but if you look at the way Liverpool have been under Klopp in terms of transfers in, new contracts, they’re just announced. Jordan Henderson and Virgil van Dijk signed new contracts and nobody knew they were even negotiating. I just think Liverpool think the money they’ll have to pay him is far too much,” Lawrenson said.
Quick operators
Lawrenson is absolutely right about Liverpool, they’re often swift operators when it comes to transfers and contracts.
Fabinho was signed without even a hint of a transfer rumour surrounding that deal, while, as Lawrenson said, Jordan Henderson and Virgil van Dijk’s new contracts also seemed to come from out of nowhere.
The fact that this Salah debacle has dragged on for so long doesn’t bode well, but let’s be honest, Salah is unlike almost any other player on the planet.
Lawrenson thinks Salah will go, but there may still be a few more twists and turns in this saga yet.
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