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The news Liverpool fans up and down the land were waiting for arrived yesterday morning in the form of Mohamed Salah signing a contract extension.

The deal will see Mohamed Salah stay on Merseyside until December 2027, if he doesn’t then go on to sign another extension of course.

News that will have calmed many minds I’m sure, with the prospect of having to replace a footballing great such as Salah threatening to cast the club into darkness at various points this season when an extension to his current deal appeared unlikely.

Salah has broken numerous records during his time at Liverpool, most notably the Premier League all-time top scorers chart, as he currently sits in fifth place.

Writing himself into Premier League history isn’t easy, but Mo Salah has made it seem like a walk in the park during his time in Red.

Mohamed Salah is currently tied on 184 Premier League goals with Sergio Aguero and the rest of the list is as follows:

Andrew Cole comes in at fourth with 187, Wayne Rooney in third with 208, Harry Kane with 213 and Alan Shearer with 260.

Alan Shearer set a record that has stood for several years but the ex-Newcastle striker has now expressed how he feels that Mohamed Salah now has every time of surpassing his goalscoring record.

Shearer said: “I don’t suspect my Premier League goal-scoring record is on Salah’s mind, but that record is going to go one day and, whoever it goes to, whether it’s Harry Kane, Salah or Erling Haaland… I guess there’s so many ifs and buts.”

“It will go one day and it might be Salah who does it.”

High praise from one of the best strikers to ever do it in the Premier League.

Salah will looking to further cement himself into Liverpool’s history books as he faces an extended stay at Liverpool.

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