With debate nonetheless ongoing round whether or not Mo Salah will signal a brand new Liverpool contract, Jamie Carragher and Daniel Sturridge famous a giant purpose why the Egyptian may select to increase his keep on Merseyside.
Salah’s contract expires on the finish of the season and in the meanwhile, there have been no apparent indicators that he’s getting ready to signing a brand new deal.
Although he publicly hasn’t stated he’s near agreeing a brand new contract, there have additionally been no concrete hyperlinks to different golf equipment.
Fortunately, the hypothesis about Salah’s future hasn’t distracted him from his on-field duties and after one other necessary efficiency for the Reds on Sunday, Carragher spoke with Sturridge concerning the No. 11’s possibilities of staying.
Salah’s objective and help in opposition to Chelsea imply he has 13 objective contributions in 11 video games throughout all competitions this season.
This newest penalty kick means he’s now joint-ninth on the all-time checklist of Premier League goalscorers, with 162 objectives.
“He’ll have a watch on Thierry Henry (175 objectives) and Frank Lampard (177) by the top of this season, I might think about,” claimed Carragher on Sky Sports activities.
“I believe stats like this are one of many greatest the explanation why Mo Salah will signal a brand new contract at Liverpool.
“After all, they’ll be speaking about cash and size of contract, however I believe these are the issues that basically get the juices flowing for Mo Salah.
“He breaks all of the data at Liverpool, however getting so far as he can up these lists, whether or not it’s that checklist or completely different ones, I believe that’s a giant a part of type of his focus as a participant.
“I’m not saying he’s egocentric, he’s clearly a terrific group participant.”
Sitting subsequent to Carragher, Sturridge additionally agreed that these data might be a driving think about Salah’s motivation to proceed at Liverpool.
The previous striker defined: “I believe anybody who’s an attacker who needs to be often called probably the greatest or the very best, it’s important to be obsessive about issues like that as a result of, you realize, your job is to attain. Your job is to assist the group win.
“And I believe for him (Salah), it’s now to the purpose of legacy and it’s like, ‘How can I add to my legacy?’”
Impressively, Liverpool’s Egyptian has additionally instantly arrange as many objectives as Henry, 74, and is simply 13 behind his Premier League tally for objectives.
“ Thierry and people forms of guys, gamers he’s idolised as effectively, I do imagine he’s gone a watch on them considering, ‘ what if I can go down as having extra objectives as somebody like Thierry Henry.”
After all, Alan Shearer’s report of 260 Premier League objectives continues to be a way off, as is Ian Rush‘s tally of 346 as Liverpool’s highest-ever scorer.
Nevertheless, along with his present 218 objectives, Salah will wish to stand up the Liverpool all-time checklist, or so Liverpool supporters will hope.
For the time being, he sits fifth on that checklist, 10 behind Billy Liddell in fourth.