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The news was finally announced on Friday that Salah has agreed fresh terms at Anfield, which will keep him at the club for another two years beyond this summer.

That looks much healthier than the three that were possibly anticipated at one stage, and the Liverpool head coach feels the news Salah is staying could even encourage others to join this summer.

“I think if I would put myself in the shoes of a player we might want to sign, it is always nice to tell them – and we don't have to tell them now as it's out in the open - that Mo is staying,” Slot said at a press conference on Friday, just over an hour after the Salah announcement was made

In the end football is a game where you are mostly judged on goals you score and don't concede so it is helpful to have a player who can score, for sure.”

Slot praised sporting director Richard Hughes’ input and jokingly claimed that he agreed to pay Salah a significant salary

But, in Slot’s eyes, tying Salah down indicates the positive direction of the club is headed.

“Like I just said it's important, I am 100 percent sure our fans love to see him extending, so it gives a positive vibe to the club, maybe a positive vibe we might not need but it's always good to have positive vibes instead of negative vibes.

“On the other hand, Mo performed so well, the club performed so well with you guys [the media] only talking about their contracts but it is only a positive

If you want to sign new players or players who want to extend here it is always a positive to see one of our star players over the last seven or eight years has made the choice to extend his contract.

“It also shows maybe how ambitious this club is: not only Mo, but the owners and the ones who came in last season, that we are really ambitious to keep performing the way this club has performed for so many years.”