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A new number nine should be among his summer priorities.

Before that, though, there is another thing that simply has to be sorted out: tying Mohamed Salah down to a contract extension.

But he gets so many assists now."

Alongside Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, there has been no update yet on whether Salah will be at Anfield beyond the summer.

But the numbers he continues to post should point to only one outcome: it would be much costlier to try and replace him than simply to tie him down to an extension.

Will Mohamed Salah sign a contract extension.

Salah's representative, Ramy Abbas, will be central to any negotiations over the player's future and Liverpool fans could take some hope from his recent praise of Slot, as he wrote on X last week, "Excellent at his job," in response to a picture of Slot and the current Premier League standings.

Last month, Salah expressed his commitment to ending the season triumphantly with Liverpool, while also acknowledging that there had been "no progress" regarding his contract situation on Merseyside.

Slot has made it clear several times that he wants to see his star man remain put on Merseyside with hopes that an agreement can be reached.

Liverpool.com says: Losing Salah is simply not an option.

Unlike Cristiano Ronaldo as he got a bit older, Salah is still putting in a shift and is far from detrimental to the team's overall game even if he doesn't have the pace that he once did