Mo Salah

Liverpool are moving closer to agreeing a new contract with forward Mohamed Salah. Talks between all parties are ongoing and a final agreement is yet to be reached, but sources have indicated the club have made positive progress in their efforts and are hopeful a deal will be done. Salah’s deal expires at the end of the season and there has been some uncertainty over his future, with clubs in Saudi Arabia keen to land the Egypt international. But the recent progress has raised hope at Anfield that Salah will extend his stay at the Premier League club. Salah has…

Liverpool boss Arne Slot says the club expect Mohamed Salah to “continue for a long time” after his stunning performance in the 3-3 draw at Newcastle. Salah, 32, is out of contract at Anfield at the end of the season and said last week he was “disappointed” by the club’s failure to offer him a new one. The Egyptian again highlighted his worth at Newcastle, creating Liverpool’s opener for Curtis Jones and then scoring two excellent finishes before Fabian Schar’s late, late equaliser. Slot told Amazon Prime: “Every time we need Mo Salah he scores a goal. “We are hoping and expecting…

Egypt captain Mohamed Salah has hinted he will remain at Liverpool next season after the appointment of Arne Slot as the club’s new manager. Liverpool rejected a £150m offer from Al-Ittihad for the 31-year-old last September, and the forward has again been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia. Salah scored 25 goals in 44 games in all competitions this season but the only silverware the Anfield side picked up in Jurgen Klopp’s final campaign in charge was the League Cup. “We know that trophies are what count and we will do everything possible to make that happen next season,” Salah posted on…

A football fan who shouted racist abuse about Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and mocked the Heysel stadium disaster has been banned from matches. Joel Barwise shouted when Salah’s name was announced at Anfield on 21 October before the Merseyside derby. Everton fan Barwise also made pushing gestures to taunt fans about Heysel, in which 39 fans died in a crush before the 1985 European Cup final. He was handed a three-year banning order at Sefton Magistrates’ Court. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to racially or religiously aggravated harassment causing alarm or distress by words or writing. Barwise, of Bentham Drive in Childwall,…