Mo Salah agreement as star set to end speculation with new contract

Mo Salah is set to sign a new two-year contract with Liverpool to end any doubts over his future at Anfield.

A compromise deal between Fenway Sports Group, the club's owners, and the 32-year-old Egyptian king has been reached after months of negotiations. Salah's long-time agent Rammy Abbas told the Anfield hierarchy they were looking to sign a three-year contract, with the club initially only willing to offer a one-year extension once the current deal expires next summer.

As the standoff continued, Salah publicly announced that this would be his last season at the club he joined in 2017 and that he has become a Kop legend. Concerned Liverpool fans demonstrated with banners that included 'He Fires a Bow Now Give Mo His Dough'.

Money – he is already Liverpool's highest earner at more than £400,000 a week – has never been an issue. The length of the contract was the sticking point. FSG is reluctant to offer long-term contracts to players who have turned 30, for the same reason that 33-year-old Virgil van Dijk has not yet been committed. His current contract, like Salah's, expires in the summer.

With no sign of Salah's influence waning – he is the Premier League's top scorer – and making Premier League history in Newcastle on Wednesday night by scoring and assisting in 37 separate games, breaking Wayne Rooney's record of 36 games, FSG finally came to the Anfield party.

Barring any last minute issues, Salah will put pen to paper on a new, lucrative two-year contract which will also be music to manager Arne Slot's ears as the Dutchman quickly realized he has inherited a gem. It will also deal a blow to the Saudi Pro League, who were hoping to add the Egypt international to their roster of big stars. Last summer, Liverpool rejected a £150 million bid from Al-Ittihad.

By agreeing to a new Liverpool contract, Salah has also turned his back on a prize he would have wanted to play in the Middle East once he became a free agent. Instead, much to the delight of his adoring Liverpool fans, he is now committed to challenging for more trophies on Merseyside.