Arne Slot responds to Mohamed Salah contract comments

Arne Slot has played down speculation of a move away from Liverpool for Mohamed Salah after the winger admitted this could be his final season at Anfield.

Salah, who made the move to Anfield in 2017, scored Liverpool's third goal against Manchester United on Sunday to guarantee a 3-0 win at Old Trafford. He's enjoyed an incredible career on Merseyside, collating Premier League and Champions League accolades while being regarded as one of the Reds' most talented players.

As it stands, his contract is set to end in June and the winger revealed after Sunday's win that the club have not discussed the possibility of extending his stay yet.

In response, Slot insisted there is a long way to go before fans need to start worrying about Salah's future.

"It's a lot of ‘if’," he told reporters. "At this moment he is one of ours and I am really happy with him being one of ours and he played really well. I don't talk about contracts from players but I can talk for hours about how Mo played.

"Everything that you want to see as a manager you saw in this game. There were difficult moments for us, United started really well but then we were disallowed a goal and there was no negative reaction.

"We kept on playing, scoring three, we could have scored more, two important saves from Alisson and the work rate was incredibly well without the ball and that makes it a very positive day."

Liverpool head into the international break unbeaten after securing wins over Ipswich Town, Brentford and United. Their next fixture will take place on 14 September when they host Nottingham Forest.

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