Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah has disclosed that he wasn’t certain of staying with the club until he eventually signed a new contract.
Recall that at the tail end of the season, the Egyptian international signed a two-year contract with the Reds.
The 32-year-old was one of three key Liverpool players who looked set to leave once their contracts expired at the end of the season.
Speaking with Sky Sport, Salah stated that he wasn’t sure he would remain with the club beyond this season.
He said: “Based on the club’s history, 10 per cent (chance of staying). Because we know the philosophy of the club, I’m not attacking them.
“I know how they deal with players over 30 in the past and I know how the situation will be so I never expect the club is going to be, ‘Okay, you have two years there’. We reach a point in the money (negotiations), all of us are happy so I didn’t expect I was going to stay.
“I think it took six months for the negotiation to go really quick and I think from January, I go, ‘Okay, now things are getting better and better’. It took a while. I think the club tested me to see if I can provide or not (laughs). I didn’t want more than that, just the two years.”
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