Reports have actually recommended the Egypt international might leave Merseyside.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has dismissed speculation Mohamed Salah is dissatisfied at the club.
The Egypt international offered an interview in Spain last week in which he stated Barcelona and Real Madrid were leading clubs and “who knows what will happen in the future”.
Analysis of his remarks varied from recommendations he was angling for a new longer-term contract beyond 2023 to he was dissatisfied the significantly younger Trent Alexander-Arnold had actually been chosen as captain to him in the Champions League dead rubber against Midtjylland earlier this month.
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Klopp, nevertheless, soft-pedaled the sound surrounding his leading scorer.
“We do not speak about deals – well, not with you (the media). Why should we start now?” he stated.
” Mo remains in a good state of mind, constantly a good minute. He remains in actually good shape which is the most essential thing for me.
” We did not have images (from the training school) today however if we did you would have seen him chuckling, he delighted in the session.
“That’s good as well. All the rest is nice for all of you to write about but internally, no, nothing really.”
Salah has enjoyed his best start to a Premier League season (Peter Byrne/PA)
Salah has scored 13 goals in the 13 Premier League matches he has included in, missing out on just one since of Covid-19 seclusion.
It is his best start to a Premier League season, even much better than his debut campaign when he went on to score 32 in 38 appearances having actually signed up 12 goals at the very same 14-match phase.
On that celebration his season fired up in December and Klopp anticipates just the very same from his leading scorer, who came off the bench at Crystal Palace last week to score two times in a 7-0 triumph.
“I think there are all these things to talk about: he didn’t start the last game, all the things I heard after about what could be the reason and then he came on and scored two,” added the Reds boss.
” I think in his first season he didn’t start against Stoke, began and scored 2. He clearly does not need a long time.
” Yes, he remains in a good minute and I hope it remains like this. All the kids remained in a good minute, that is why we have the points we have up until now.
” Now it is much more essential we actually keep going. Everybody understands the most difficult point of the season is now ahead of us.
“The Christmas period is always tough so we have to make sure we get through this with the right results.”
For the 3rd season in succession Liverpool are leading at Christmas. In the previous 11 seasons only 2 times has the side at the Premier League top failed to go on and win the title: Liverpool in 2013-14 and Klopp’s side in 2018-19.
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“We were one of them. So Brendan Rodgers is to blame for the other one?” stated Klopp laughing.
” It clearly implies you are not instantly champions in May when you are the Christmas leader, otherwise we would have won the league 2 times.
” It is the very best position you can be in in the minute however that is it. We understand how difficult it is, how it was, how it will be.
” We have not played half the season, which we normally would have done around this time. It is good, absolutely nothing else.
” 2 years ago when we didn’t win the league after being leading at Christmas it was not about an absence of focus, it was just the quality of the opponent and this quality is still out there.
We will evaluate Milner and Shaqiri’s physical fitness ahead of Sunday’s conference with @WBA, however Thiago will not enter into contention. #LIVWBA
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“Nothing really happened so far. We collected a few points and if we want to do something special this year we have to collect even more until the end of the season.”
Klopp might have James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri back for the December 27 home game against West Brom however fellow midfielder Thiago Alcantara‘s return from a knee injury will take a bit longer.
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