REVEALED: The BIG reason why Mo Salah HASN'T signed new Liverpool contract

The status of Mo Salah’s future at Liverpool has been well covered so far this season, with fans clinging on to each and every scrap of information about the superstar’s contract situation.

Salah, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk, is set to leave the club at the end of the season at time of writing. The club are negotiating with all three players but seem no closer to finalising deals with any of them.

The other most likely suitor for Salah’s services comes from Saudi Arabia, with the teams owned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) keen to bring Salah into their league as a further part of its marketability.

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Reports emerged last month that Al-Ahli are in negotiations with Salah’s camp about a potential move.

But questions have constantly been asked about how the club let it get to this point. Whilst Salah is 32-years old, he remains one of - in not the - best players in the Premier League. Replacing him seems like it could practically be impossible.

But a new book by Simon Hughes is shedding light on the Egyptian King’s time at Anfield and suggests that Salah’s relationship with former manager Jurgen Klopp could be to blame for his unwillingness to commit to a new contract up to this point.

Promoting the upcoming book in the Daily Mail, Hughes writes, “Some Liverpool players spoke positively in public about the manager, even though privately they talked about him differently. Klopp would scream at some of them and in the same week, they would describe him generously as a father figure in interviews.”

“It seemed they were petrified about what would happen if they said what they really thought.” Hughes continues, “Salah did not conform to that kind of diplomacy, despite a relationship with Klopp which was professional, mutually respectful and almost always cordial”.

And @PartedBeard on Twitter adapts further from the upcoming book, saying that “It was Salah’s view that in small moments, Liverpool had been undone tactically … Salah started to openly question the environment he was working in, including Klopp and his methods.”

Did Salah's relationship with Klopp stop him signing a contract?

Whilst it is shocking news, it isn’t the most surprising. Salah was seen to be openly criticising Klopp at points last year, getting into a very public argument on the touchline in a 2-2 draw to West Ham back in April.

"If I speak there will be fire.” Salah said about the situation after the match. And even though it did not escalate into anything further, the incident itself suggests that the overall situation between Salah and Klopp had reached boiling point.

Salah seems to be much happier this season under new head coach Arne Slot. Liverpool are yet to face any significant turbulence in their season, despite a poor performance in the 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend and leaving it late to scrape a 2-1 comeback with over Brighton yesterday.

But Salah’s willingness to work for Slot is indicative of a more positive environment. Slot even joked that Salah could play at right-back due to his willingness to help defensively in the 2-1 win over Chelsea recently.

If this is the case, it could be that Salah was waiting to see what the situation at the club under Slot would be like before solidifying his future anywhere. If these opening ten games have been an test, Slot has passed with flying colours.

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