At the end of the 29 rounds of the Premier League, only manchester City and Liverpool were left in the title competition. Originally, Manchester City's lead was not small, but recently it first lost to Tottenham Hotspur, and then drew with Crystal Palace, which gave the second-place Liverpool the opportunity, Liverpool has won consecutive victories, and is currently 1 point away from Manchester City. In the next nine games, Manchester City will be overtaken by Liverpool if they slacken off a little, which is very similar to the situation in the 2018-2019 season.
Manchester City in the league may turn over at any time, eliminating Inter Milan in the Champions League to reach the quarterfinals, and the next knockout round draws the weakest Benfica, and Liverpool's double-line situation is very good. However, in such a good situation, there is also an undercurrent, and the renewal negotiations of the team's top scorer Salah have reached an impasse. Egyptian Salah is unhappy with the annual salary given in the team's offer for renewal and is hoping to leave Liverpool this summer.
According to the media "Daily Sports" reported that Salah's contract with Liverpool will expire in the summer of 2023, Liverpool has been hoping to renew his contract with Salah, but Liverpool's multiple offers have been rejected by Salah. Salah hopes that his weekly salary after the extension can reach 400,000 pounds, such a figure will be on par with Ronaldo and De Bruyne. As the absolute core of Liverpool, Salah has the capital to demand this price.
Salah transferred from Rome to Liverpool in the summer of 2017, Salah scored 44 goals and 16 assists for Liverpool in the 2017-2018 season, and in the next three seasons Salah was able to contribute 25+ goals to the team each season.
In the 2018 Champions League final, it was precisely because of Salah's injury that Liverpool lost to Real Madrid in the final, missing the Champions League title, and Salah, who was in the normal match of the 2019 Champions League final, helped Liverpool win the Champions League. Salah's importance to Liverpool is self-evident, but even so, Liverpool do not intend to meet Salah's demand for a weekly salary of £400,000 for two reasons, the first is that Salah is 29 years old and his form will decline at any time, and the second is that Liverpool do not want to break the team's salary structure.
The Daily Sports newspaper said that the negotiations between the two sides were deadlocked, Liverpool did not rule out abandoning the extension, selling Salah this summer, and Salah himself wanted to leave Liverpool a year early to get a high salary. The newspaper said liverpool would be priced at €100 million for players if they sold Salah, and the German transfer market would have priced Salah at €100 million in recent times. Salah's next stop could be Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain.
Barca originally wanted to take Haaland, but because Manchester City's offer is too high, Barca have withdrawn from the battle for Haaland, so buying Salah is also a good choice, and Barca has had a scandal with Salah before. It's just that Barca think 100 million euros is too expensive, and they think 70 million euros is a more reasonable price. In addition, Barca, which has not fully emerged from the financial crisis, is estimated to have difficulty meeting Salah's demand for a weekly salary of 400,000 pounds.
The other is Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe left the team this summer, Neymar has no hope, Messi is old and short contract, Paris Saint-Germain needs to bring in a new shooter, the 29-year-old Salah is undoubtedly a good choice. The Daily Sport said that Paris Saint-Germain was willing to meet Salah's salary requirements, and sure enough, the local tycoons really never bothered about money.
If Salah once left the team, then Liverpool's attack will be greatly reduced, in the past few seasons, Salah, Mane, Firmino composed of three frontal tridents for the team to attack the city, although there is a Jota, the performance is not bad, but he and Salah is still less efficient, so Salah's departure is bound to affect Liverpool's attack, but the two sides of the contract renewal negotiations are deadlocked, which is a big crisis for Liverpool.