Arne Slot sends subtle demand to Liverpool chiefs over future of 'special' Mo Salah

Arne Slot lauded consistency after the Egyptian wizard fired five points clear at the summit.

The Reds headed into the weekend ahead of the likes of and reigning champions , both of who dropped points again against and respectively. There was no such issue for Slot's men, who .

Salah before scoring himself late on to seal an impressive 2-0 win, so it was no surprise to hear Slot wax lyrical about his talisman post-match.

“I’ve worked with him now for four or five months, and you guys have seen him here for six or seven years in a row now,” the Dutchman told the .

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“It’s special that he scores so many goals already; what makes it even more impressive is that he does this year after year after year. Not many players are able to do that and that he is able to do this tells you a lot about the quality he has.”

Salah has been in scintillating form this term, registering 10 goals AND 10 assists already for the Reds. His red-hot goalscoring form has given Anfield powerbrokers a major dilemma .

There has been little in the way of updates on a new deal for Salah, who, like club captain and , will be free to speak with interested clubs from overseas in January over a potential Bosman transfer.

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Anfield favourite recently said that he was relatively confident that both Salah and Van Dijk would shun overtures from elsewhere to stay put but was less committal on Alexander-Arnold, who is being courted by .

Carragher was quoted by Sport as saying: “I'm pretty confident that the two older lads [Virgil Van Dijk and Mohammed Salah] will sign. They're at a stage where it's difficult to move on to a better club than Liverpool.

“When I played, the two only clubs where players would want to move on to were the Spanish giants but I don't really see that now for Virgil and Mo - who will be desperate to break as many records as he can.

“Trent is in a different situation, so that's the one most people will be worried about with the interest from Real Madrid and the fact that Dani Carvajal has done his ACL.”

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