In the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations final, a Liverpool derby was staged, and in the end, Mane's Senegalese team defeated The Egyptian team led by Salah through a penalty shootout, lifting the African Cup of Nations championship trophy for the first time in the history of the team. Salah, on the other hand, can only continue to suffer the pain of the national team's one-time championship. But it is gratifying that the Egyptian Messi did not immerse himself in pain, but quickly lifted his spirits.
According to the "Times" reporter Paul Joyce, after the end of the African Cup, Salah informed Liverpool as soon as possible that he would return to the team for training on February 9, that is, tomorrow, and was eager to play in the early morning of the 11th against Leicester City. This is undoubtedly great news for the Reds and Klopp.
In this winter window, Liverpool spent 45 million euros to sign Colombian international winger Luis Díaz, and last weekend in the fourth round of the FA Cup against Cardiff City, Luis Díaz played 32 minutes off the bench, sent two successful breakthroughs, and sent a return pass after an active steal in the 68th minute, although Jota failed to complete the first shot, but passively assisted Takushi Minamino to complete the goal. Judging from the performance on the pitch, the Colombia international still showed a certain amount of strength, of course, because the time given to him is not long, so it will take longer to see his full strength.
However, the arrival of Luis Díaz is estimated to bring a certain sense of crisis to Salah. Because his contract extension with the club is at an impasse, Salah, who is at the peak of his career, hopes to get a satisfactory contract extension, but the demand for a weekly salary of 500,000 pounds makes Liverpool unable to accept it. In this case, the Reds signed a younger Luis Díaz, who also had very similar technical characteristics to him who had just arrived at Anfield 5 years ago, which was almost a strong hint to Salah that if he did not accept a contract extension, he would sell you.
With Salah's strength, in fact, he does not worry about home, just from the heart of feelings, he still hopes to stay at Anfield, because in the past 5 years, he has reached the peak of his career here, and the honors that professional players such as the Premier League, the Champions League and the Club World Cup have all arrived, in other words, he and Liverpool are a mutually complete relationship. If you leave Uncle Scum's tactical system, Salah may not be able to play such a stunning role. In this regard, Coutinho, who left the team for Barcelona for 160 million euros, is the most typical negative teaching material.
Judging from the move of rushing back to the club to report for the national team just after the end of the game, Salah is estimated to be a bit confused, and the calmness that Zhizhu held before seemed to be invisible. This is also a good thing for Liverpool, after all, they do not want to lose the team's top scorer. Of course, there is also a possibility that after losing the African Cup of Nations, Salah is eager to find an opponent to vent his depression, if so, Leicester City should be careful.