Mo Salah admits he is now READY to consider other contract offers

Mohamed Salah and Liverpool Football Club are almost synonymous with each other at this point.

The Egyptian forward has delivered consistent goal returns in each of the eight seasons he's featured in since he returned to the Premier League in 2017.

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As such, he is the highest-paid player at the club, and Liverpool fans are desperate for a resolution to his ongoing contract talks to be found.

Richard Hughes and the Liverpool hierarchy are understandably cautious in giving a soon-to-be-33-year-old a new contract as he enters the twilight years of his career.

However, Salah has yet to show any signs of slowing down, as he continues to break records in pursuit of winning silverware with Arne Slot this season, and he has outwardly looked to speed up negotiations by speaking to the media on numerous occasions to update fans on the lack of progress made in his contract talks.

But, in a new interview, he has revealed that he is open to spending his future away from Liverpool.

Salah will 'look at his options'

In an interview which appeared on Yallakora's Instagram page, Salah was asked what his plans are for the coming year and whether he would join another club.

He responded by saying: "I don't know yet; my contract expires at the end of the year, so I still don't know what will happen. I'll look at my options, but I haven't made a decision yet."

Now, obviously, the uncertainty he recalls is because the contract negotiations are still ongoing, although he has reportedly been offered a new deal by the club.

But while an agreement is yet to come to fruition, his decision is likely to come at a later date, when all of his cards are on the table.

However, numerous links with clubs away from England have been reported, and so the options available to Salah are numerous.

Is Salah slipping away?

Clubs in the Saudi Pro League are all hopeful of the Egyptian making the move in order to become the new face of their competition, and the club president at Besiktas has claimed that it is his 'dream' to sign him.

From January 1, Salah can negotiate with a whole host of clubs to secure a pre-agreement on a move next season, and Liverpool will be able to do nothing about it.

As such, although Salah is still on the fence about where he might go and what he might do, the number of options he will need to assess is only going to increase. While Liverpool have the contracts of Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold to sort out at the same time, the package that the club will offer Salah might appear weak in comparison to the prospect of a move elsewhere.

It is well known that the Saudi Pro League is funded by the country's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and as such, the wages and signing-on fee that they can offer the Egyptian are likely to be astronomical.

Liverpool may still be confident of re-signing their world-class winger, but as time continues to run out, Salah's future at the club may just be slipping away.

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