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Liverpool are closing in on a new contract for Mohamed Salah after making a breakthrough in negotiations, according to reports.

Salah is now expected to sign a two-year extension which will keep him at Liverpool until the summer of 2027, according to Foot Mercato.

The report states that a final agreement between the two parties is 'very close'.

While there are no details about his potential new salary, it is claimed that Salah is on the verge of 'getting what he has wanted for several months'.

He has almost single-handedly led their attacking charge, helping the Reds to pull clear in the Premier League title race.

While it now seems likely that Salah will stay at Liverpool, there is less certainty around the futures of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.

Both players will be out of contract in the summer and have not agreed to extend their deals as of yet.

Alexander-Arnold is widely expected to leave Anfield and join Real Madrid on a free transfer, where a five-year contract will be waiting for him.

For Trent, his focus is on trying to recover as quickly as possible.

"The situation has been there for eight or nine months.