Mohamed Salah, a winger for Liverpool, is apparently content to remain at Anfield past the summer transfer market provided two requirements are satisfied.

After a summer transfer controversy during which Liverpool rejected a £150 million approach from Al-Ittihad for the 31-year-old, he has gone on to write history with Jurgen Klopp.

In the Reds’ 6-1 Europa League thumping of Sparta Prague on Thursday night, Salah scored the team’s third goal and made club history by becoming the first player to score 20 goals in seven straight seasons.

Out of 336 games played while wearing a Liverpool jersey, Ian Rush, Billy Liddell, Gordon Hodgson, and Roger Hunt are the only four players with more goals and assists for the Reds than Rush.

Out of 336 games played while wearing a Liverpool jersey, Ian Rush, Billy Liddell, Gordon Hodgson, and Roger Hunt are the only four players with more goals and assists for the Reds than Rush.

Salah’s contract status, however, hasn’t changed since the summer of 2022, and as of right now, the former Roma and Chelsea player will be free to leave the team after the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.

The Reds leadership finds such a scenario unimaginable, but they are ready for summer proposals from Saudi Pro League teams supported by the Public Investment Fund, who have long identified Salah as their top transfer target.

However, a contract extension on Merseyside is not ruled out, as Football Insider reports that the 31-year-old would be open to staying at Liverpool if he gets a few reassurances from the management.

According to the report, Salah has expressed that he will not be influenced by Klopp’s departure from the Reds, but he does want to be informed about the club’s future plans and wants to know who their top choice is to succeed him. Klopp will retire at the end of the current campaign.

The top player on their shortlist is Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen, who Liverpool may face in the 2023–24 Europa League final. However, the Spaniard may also be pursued by Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.

Alternatives include Germany’s Julian Nagelsmann and Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim, and the Reds’ owners, Fenway Sports Group, have already changed their upstairs department with the return of Michael Edwards.

In June, the former sports director of Liverpool will begin serving as FSG’s CEO of Football. In this role, he will be responsible for managing the club’s transitional phase and supervising the hiring of a new head coach.

This week, Edwards’s return was confirmed, and the Merseyside giants are now anticipated to complete the signing of sporting director Richard Hughes, who departed from Bournemouth.

Since Jorg Schmadtke left at the end of January, Liverpool have been without a transfer guru. Before that, Edwards’s successor, Julian Ward, resigned after just one season.

In addition to scoring 20 goals and dishing out 13 assists in 31 Liverpool games in 2023–24—despite suffering two muscular ailments before the start of the season—Salah also set up three of the Reds’ six goals against Sparta on Thursday.

Salah is anticipated to start in the starting lineup for Sunday’s FA Cup quarterfinal matchup between Liverpool and Manchester United. Klopp’s team will play Atalanta BC in the Europa League quarterfinals the following month.