Mo Salah: How much will Liverpool star earn in his new contract?

Mohamed Salah has officially renewed his contract at Liverpool.

After months upon months of speculation about a potential Anfield exit, Salah hasn’t followed in Sadio Mane’s footsteps and has instead decided to extend his stay on Merseyside by a further three years.

Speaking to Liverpool’s official website, the Egyptian star said: “I feel great and [I am] excited to win trophies with the club. It’s a happy day for everyone.

“It takes a little bit of time, I think, to renew, but now everything is done so we just need to focus on what’s next.

“I think you can see in the last five or six years the team was always going [upwards]. Last season we were close to winning four, but unfortunately in the last week of the season we lost two trophies.

“I think we are in a good position to fight for everything. We have new signings as well. We just need to keep working hard, have a good vision, be positive and go for everything again.”

It’s an exciting time for Liverpool fans who were desperate for the three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner, who ranks amongst the club’s greatest ever players, not to leave upon the expiry of his initial deal next summer.

However, the protracted nature of Salah’s renewal goes to show that the negotiations weren’t exactly plain sailing and it looks as though Liverpool have had to rip up their wage structure to get the deal over the line.

It has been widely reported in the British press by journalists such as Dominic King of the Daily Mail that Salah’s new deal will see him become the highest-paid player in the club’s history with wages in excess of £350,000-a-week.

Major news for Liverpool.