Fowler reacted to Salah's contract saga
The Egyptian star has not yet reached an agreement with Liverpool to extend his contract.
legend Robbie Fowler has reacted to controversy over the future of
Mohamed Salahat Liverpool.
The Egyptian star has entered the final year of his contract with Liverpool and it is rumored that in March, he was offered a contract extension by the Reds, but Salah decided to reject the offer. The Egyptian star seems to be looking for a higher salary, and Fowler claimed that he has no idea of Salah's future at Anfield.
“I won’t pretend to know what’s going on with his contract, but clearly the answer is: nothing much. And that leaves so many questions unanswered,”
he wrote in Mirror.
“One thing is obvious, the club has done some very clear, precise and unemotional calculations with (Sadio) Mane. He’s 31 in April, has a huge amount of running in his legs, and wanted a huge contract as one of the best players in the world.
“I don’t blame him for that. Mane is the equal of virtually every world-class star at the moment, and rightly wanted that recognition with the going rate for the last big contract of his career. What Liverpool so obviously did though, was run their analytics – which to their credit they do so well – and decided selling him to buy
Darwin Nunezand keep their wage structure in place was the right thing for the club. It begs the question, what calculations have they run on Salah?
“What salary does a player in the top three in the world command? He obviously believes it’s more than Liverpool are offering. But if my old club are running complex calculations, then so too is Salah – and it can never be a precise science. I think him saying no matter what happens with his contract, he’ll be at Anfield next year was clearly a threat.
“His calculation is that if he gets to leave Liverpool next summer on a free, with his salary and with a big bonus because there’s no fee, he’ll get that level of wages."
Salah has scored 156 goals for Liverpool in 254 games and has been one of the team's most influential players in recent seasons. He has won the Champions League and the Premier League with Liverpool and therefore wants a salary at the World Cup level.
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