Mohamed Salah is still to sign a new contract with Liverpool with just over a year left on his current deal.
One of the stumbling blocks appears to be over the duration of his deal, with the Egyptian said to be holding out for a five-year deal, and he believes age shouldn’t be a factor in this regard.
Salah referenced a host of players who continue to perform well into their 30s, with Cristiano Ronaldo among them.
“I ask some players and they say it’s a different feeling when you turn 30, but I don’t know, I’m feeling fine. I’m enjoying life, I’m enjoying football – it doesn’t matter how old you are now. Now you can see that with players – all of them extend their careers,” he told FourFourTwo.
“You can see the top, top players always after 32, 33, you can see a lot of them – [Robert] Lewandowski, [Karim] Benzema, [Lionel] Messi, Ronaldo, Zlatan [Ibrahimovic], a lot of players; also [Edin] Dzeko in Italy, [Olivier] Giroud. All of them perform really well after 30, so I’m not concerned about that.”
Despite these words, Salah insists he is happy at Liverpool.
“This club means a lot to me – I’ve enjoyed my football here more than anywhere, I gave the club everything and everybody saw that,” he said.
“I’ve had a lot of unbelievable moments here, winning trophies, individual goals, individual trophies. It’s like a family here.”
He also made it clear that he is not concerned about going into the final 12 months of his current deal without knowing his next move. “I’m not worried, I don’t let myself worry about something. he season didn’t finish yet,” Salah stated. “So let’s finish it in the best possible way – that’s the most important thing. Then in the last year, we’re going to see what’s going to happen.”
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