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Liverpool have no concerns that Mohamed Salah will allow his standards to drop when he runs down his Anfield contract next season.

The Merseysiders are braced for the prospect of the brilliant Egyptian forward carrying out his threat to walk out of the club for nothing in 12 months after refusing to meet his demands for a double-his-money £400,000-a-week deal.

Senior sources at the club have confirmed they have gone as far as they can in negotiations with Salah’s camp without smashing their wage structure. And after selling Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich in a deal potentially worth £35million to break another contract stalemate, the Reds currently do not envisage the 30-year-old now initiating a compromise.

But the belief inside Anfield is that Salah is too much of a perfectionist to down tools. The former Chelsea and Roma star shared the Golden Boot with Tottenham forward Son Heung-min after netting 23 goals last season and won a FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA player of the year double for the second time in five seasons. Salah’s relationship with manager Jurgen Klopp remains strong despite the and his conduct throughout talks has been exemplary.

Liverpool ’s capture of Darwin Nunez in a deal that could cost £85million has maintained the potency of Klopp’s strikeforce. They have also signed Fulham teenager Fabio Carvalho in a deal worth £5million plus add-ons. And 18-year-old Aberdeen