Mohamed Salah insists he is determined to end on a high at Liverpool and win the Premier League in what he suggests is his final season at the club.
Salah is in red-hot form at the moment with Arne Slot’s side six points clear at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand ahead of their Super Sunday clash with Manchester United.
The 32-year-old is now top among Premier League players for both goals and assists this season, with 17 and 13 respectively, but his future remains uncertain as he enters the final six months of his contract.
Whatever happens, Salah, who wrote a list of his targets and ambitions for the season while on holiday last summer, wants to do “something special” for Liverpool and lift a second Premier League trophy for the club come May.
“The first thing that was on the list was to win the Premier League with Liverpool,” Salah told Sky Sports.
“In my interviews over the last seven or eight years, I always say [I want to win the] Champions League. But this is the first time I’m saying I really want to win the Premier League with Liverpool.”
When asked why that is, he added: “I have no idea. It’s probably because we didn’t celebrate the one we won in the way we wanted and also, coming back here too, it’s my last year in the club so you want to do something special for the city.
“We waited for that title for 30 years or so. So, to win it and it was the pandemic at that time, we didn’t really have time to celebrate it in the right way. It’s not a nice thing to do, so hopefully we can do it this year.”
Under previous boss Jurgen Klopp, Salah won almost every major club honour with Liverpool, securing a Premier League title, a Champions League, the FA Cup and two league cups. They also added a European Super Cup and a Club World Cup.
However, Salah still believes this Liverpool team, which features almost half of the players who enjoyed so much success under Klopp, needs to win another trophy and in particular a second Premier League crown.
He said: “My motivation this year was to win a trophy and be a big part of winning that trophy, especially the Premier League.
“I still believe the team needs a trophy. There is still half of the team left like me, Trent [Alexander-Arnold], Virgil [Van Dijk], Alisson, Robbo [Andy Robertson].
“It’s necessary for us to win another trophy before we all go.”
When asked if Liverpool need a second title to cement their legacy, he added: “Yes, definitely [to rubber stamp this Liverpool team as a great Premier League team].
“We’ve won almost everything, but we’ve won the Premier League once. Hopefully we can win it twice, which would be great.”
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk’s contracts are also set to expire in the summer but Salah’s stunning performances this season ensure he is dominating the headlines.
Salah has already said this season will be his “last year” at Liverpool, adding back in September that “nobody has talked to me” about his expiring contract.
Again on Sunday, he told Sky Sports he is still “far away” from agreeing a new contract with Liverpool after his player-of-the-match display in their 5-0 thrashing of West Ham and he reiterated the same thing.
When asked if he really believes this is his last season at the club, he said: “So far, yes. It’s the last six months.
“There is no progress there. We are far away from any progress.
“So, we just need to wait and see.”
The speculation has not been a distraction for Salah, who is in incredible form.
Sunday’s game against West Ham was the eighth this season in which he has both scored and assisted, which is already the most by any player in a single Premier League campaign.
He has also reached 30 goal involvements in only 18 Premier League games – the fewest by any player in the history of the competition.
His total of 52 goal involvements in all competitions in 2024 is the highest by any player in Europe’s major leagues.
When asked how he has kept his focus, he replied: “The thing in my head is that if this is the last six months, what do you want to see in the future?
“Do you want to look back and say I was concerned or stressed about the contract? Or do you just want to say I had an unbelievable season? That’s what is in my head.
“If I ever feel distraction, I just remind myself I want to look back and say I had an unbelievable season. That’s what I want to do.”
