Mohamed Salah 'tells Liverpool colleagues' he wants to stay as Jurgen Klopp explains bench call

Mohamed Salah has told his Liverpool team-mates he wants to stay at the club, according to a report.

The Egyptian superstar is the leading English Premier League scorer after amassing a huge 20-goal haul with 10 games still to go.

But he is currently in the midst of a contract stand-off with the Anfield club and owners Fenway Sports Group with his current deal set to run out in June 2023.

Now transfer insider Christian Falk of Bild has claimed he is set on staying and has told his "colleagues" in the dressing room he wants to remain on Merseyside, despite recent links to Barcelona.

A Tweet read: "TRUE. In the dressing room Mohamed Salah told colleagues that he would like to stay at @LFC."

Jurgen Klopp opted to name Salah on the bench for Wednesday night's match at Arsenal, a pivotal game in the title race as the Reds mount a challenge on champions Manchester City.

He insists his frontman passed a fitness test as he told Sky Sports: "It was just at yesterday's training session, we only had one session to train and it was to test if everything is fine.

"It was fine so no, he doesn't start but he can come on."