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Until now this is the last City game I will play for Liverpool so I was just going to enjoy it,” he told Sky Sports.

Hopefully we just win the league and will see what will happen."

However, now with just four months left on his contract and free to agree a pre-contract agreement with overseas clubs, Salah has ever so subtly changed his tune.

Sure, he is still focused on winning the Premier League.

He has made no secret of that throughout the campaign, and, leading both the Golden Boot and Playmaker charts with 24 goals and 15 assists, feels almost on a one-man mission to win a second league title with Liverpool.

But ahead of facing Man City at the Etihad on Sunday, with his future more unclear than ever, Salah now insists he is not concerned by whether this could prove to be his last ever clash with the Reds’ long-running title-rivals.

“Sunday may be your last game against Man City, is it a bit more special for you for that?” he was asked by Premier League Productions.

“To be fair, I don’t know.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s the last game or not the last game, we will see.”

In just under four months, Salah is no longer concerned about whether he will face Liverpool’s rivals again.

But on the other, it could mean he feels he is closer to the exit door than ever before.

Or perhaps, as the Premier League title-race prepares for its run-in, the forward is putting talk of his future to a side, not willing to risk jeopardising his side's hopes of being crowned Premier League champions in any way by creating further speculation as the stakes get higher and higher.

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Either way, Salah’s change of response is certainly intriguing as the speculation surrounding his future continues.

To his credit, it has not been a distraction on the pitch at any point during the current campaign, with the forward boasting 29 goals and 20 assists from just 37 appearances in all competitions.

With Liverpool challenging for the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup this season, regardless of whether he is indeed navigating his final months at Anfield or not, long may that continue.