Jurgen Klopp 'not worried' Mohamed Salah wants to leave Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp said he did not fear Mohamed Salah's recent comments about Liverpool's failure to play Champions League football next season was an indication he wanted out of the club.

Salah said he was “devastated” at Liverpool missing out on Champions League qualification following Manchester United's win over Chelsea on Thursday, adding there was “absolutely no excuse” for the Reds finishing in the Premier League’s top four.

Asked whether he was concerned about Salah’s immediate future after his rare public statement, Klopp said: “No worries, no. I only heard what he said but I couldn’t read anything that could lead in that direction.

“Obviously Mo loves being here and Mo was part of it. He said apologies for what ‘we’ did – not apologies for ‘what the other guys did, but I had to go with them’. It is all fine."

Liverpool made Egyptian forward Salah the highest-paid player in the club's history last summer, with the 30-year-old committing his future on Merseyside until June 2025.

Signed from Roma in 2017, Salah has played Champions League football in each of his six seasons at Liverpool but will have to settle for the Europa League next term after finishing the Premier league season in fifth, even before Sunday's final game against Southampton. Salah has contributed 19 goals and 11 assists.

Klopp said failure to qualify for the Champions League has not promoted Salah to ask for a move away, and that if he – or any player – did so he would "drive him to the other club myself".

“I would take the key, [and say] ‘come in the car, where do you want to go, I drive you’.

“It is not the case with Mo, not at all, and nobody else told me. They ask if they can have a longer holiday or whatever – but nobody asks me if after the