Liverpool are making great strides towards the great cause of winning the "four crowns", but the strong enemies on the road to the dynasty do not say anything, and the team is also an undercurrent.
This is no alarmist! Egyptian Pharaoh Salah, who has been in hot form this season, has only one year left on his contract with Liverpool, but the two sides have been slow to agree on a contract extension. As the team's top scorer and the hottest ace striker in football today, Salah expects only a weekly salary of about 350,000 pounds, which is not too much compared to the Premier League.
Liverpool also knew salah was worth the price, but did not dare to say yes. As the club with the most reasonable salary structure among the Premier League giants, Liverpool do not want to break this balance for Salah, let the club's salary structure break the defense, and eventually become a burden.
The long delay in renewing the contract will definitely affect Liverpool's cause of attacking the "four champions", but Liverpool now have to put aside the renewal of the contract, because there are more worrying things for Liverpool fans.
Just yesterday, the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers in the African zone knockout stage of the game ended, Salah-led Egyptian team unfortunately lost in the penalty shootout, missed the Qatar World Cup finals, and the elimination of Egypt is no one else, it is the ST Africa Cup champion Senegal.
Who is Senegal's number one star? Needless to say, Mane! Salah's liverpool teammate is both Salah's best helper and Salah's biggest rival at the club and in African football.
As we all know, on the central axis of Liverpool, Salah and Mane are indispensable, and who is more important in the end, I am afraid that even manager Klopp is not clear. Salah can guarantee 30+ goals per season, such a stable firepower output is naturally indispensable, but last season Mane was in a state of flu due to the new crown infection, and Liverpool's record has seriously declined.
Previously, the open and secret struggle between the two African superstars made Liverpool fans worried, and Mane repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with Salah's "independence" of the shot, fortunately, Klopp was well-trained, so that this competition developed in a benign direction and did not evolve into a nest fight.
But now, such healthy competition could be out of balance with the showdown between the African twins on the African field.
In the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in February this year, Senegal defeated Egypt in a penalty shootout to win the first trophy, and Mane scored the winning goal and became Senegal's hero. And Salah still failed to break the national team championship drought, and the loneliness of the mood can be imagined.
The African Cup of Nations fell short, after all, there is still a chance for the biennial edition, and the World Cup is the stage of Salah's dream. Unfortunately, in the knockout stage of the African Qualifiers, the two teams were drawn together again.
In the first leg, Egypt won 1-0 at home, and although they had the lead, they were really unstable. Sure enough, Senegal equalized on aggregate after returning home in just four minutes. Since then, neither side has achieved anything, and the two teams have to decide again through such a cruel way as a penalty shootout who will qualify for the World Cup.
One can't step into the same river twice, but football can. Egypt fell again in front of 12 yards, and Salah shot the penalty flying with one kick under the laser light of senegalese fans, and this blow and injury may not be resolved by Mane's warm comfort.
Losing the Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup tickets in 2 months is definitely a double blow to Salah, and missing the World Cup stage will also become the biggest obstacle for the Egyptian pharaoh to impact the Ballon d'Or. Salah is sensitive, in the face of mane's frustration, can he continue to maintain this healthy competition?
Liverpool are in a critical stage of impacting the "four champions" feat, the two major attacking aces have fought in the national team, and the top priority of manager Klopp is definitely to appease Salah. How to relieve worries? Renew your contract!