Mohamed Salah has ended hypothesis surrounding his future by signing a brand new contract with Liverpool.
The Egyptian, whose current deal was set to run out on the finish of this season, has put pen to paper on contemporary phrases at Anfield.
He had been strongly linked with a transfer to the Saudi Professional League, having steered on a number of events that his time on Merseyside may very well be nearing an finish.
However whereas Liverpool look set to lose Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free switch to Actual Madrid, their talismanic ahead is staying put, whereas the membership are reportedly near an settlement with Virgil van Dijk, too.
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Salah is having fun with an excellent particular person marketing campaign, and is taking part in a key function in Liverpool’s procession to the Premier League title below Arne Slot.
Right here, we assess a few of the key numbers behind his Reds stint up to now.
A membership nice
Salah has loved eight memorable years with Liverpool since becoming a member of from Roma in 2017.
The ahead has turn out to be the Reds’ third-leading scorer of all time with 243 targets in 394 appearances; a tally solely bettered by Ian Rush (346) and Roger Hunt (285).
Salah additionally performed a key function in Liverpool’s Champions League and Premier League triumphs in 2018-19 and 2019-20 respectively, two of eight trophies he has received with the membership.
He has additionally received the EFL Cup on two events and the FA Cup as soon as, in addition to the Tremendous Cup and the Membership World Cup.
Salah scored 32 targets and supplied 10 assists in his debut marketing campaign within the Premier League – following his spectacular run of kind in 2024-25, he’s the one participant within the competitors’s historical past to file 40 or extra purpose involvements in two separate seasons.
The 32-year-old has by no means had fewer than 27 purpose involvements in a single Premier League season, along with his 2024-25 exploits making certain he has surpassed Thierry Henry’s file of seven straight campaigns with 25 or extra purpose involvements, set between 1999-00 and 2005-05, outright (now eight in a row for Salah).
In 2023-24, he had his worst scoring season with Liverpool, netting 18 Premier League targets as they completed third in Jurgen Klopp’s last marketing campaign in cost.
Getting higher with age?
Salah is the Premier League’s high scorer this season with 27 targets, additionally supplying a league-high 17 assists.
His 44 league purpose involvements in 2024-25 is the joint-most by a single participant in a 38-game season within the competitors, together with Henry (2002-03) and Erling Haaland (2022-23).With seven video games remaining, it seems nearly sure Salah will overcome the single-season file of 47, held collectively by Andy Cole (for Newcastle United in 1993-94) and Alan Shearer (for Blackburn Rovers in 1994-95).
In reality, Salah is averaging 1.44 purpose involvements per 90 minutes within the Premier League this season, essentially the most of any participant in a single Premier League season (minimal 1,000 minutes performed).
This new contract means Salah is definitely set to additionally turn out to be the Premier League participant with essentially the most targets and assists for one membership.
He’s on 267 because it stands, 4 behind second-place Ryan Giggs (271) and simply 9 off Wayne Rooney’s competitors file of 276.
Salah is fifth on the all-time record for targets and assists within the Premier League, with 270. Alan Shearer holds that file, with 324, so there may be nonetheless some strategy to go.
A latest dry patch means Salah has fallen a bit off the tempo in terms of matching Haaland’s single-season targets file of 36, although with some beneficial fixtures arising, it’s a haul that’s nonetheless in his sights.
Salah can be hoping to say the file for many assists in a season within the competitors – collectively held by Henry in 2002-03 and Kevin De Bruyne in 2019-20.
That pair teed up 20 targets apiece of their respective campaigns.
All 20 assists recorded by Henry in 2002-03 got here from open play, and Salah may additionally surpass that mark within the season’s closing weeks.
Salah’s subsequent help away from dwelling, in the meantime, will see him surpass Cesc Fabregas outright for essentially the most targets teed up on the street in a Premier League season.
Salah solely wants yet one more away purpose earlier than the top of 2024-25 to go away from Kevin Phillips in 1999-00 and Harry Kane in 2022-23 (each 16 away targets) for that single-season file, too.
Not that his wonderful kind has solely been restricted to the Premier League. Salah has 54 targets and assists throughout all competitions this time period, six greater than some other participant in Europe’s high 5 leagues.