Steven Gerrard on Mohamed Salah joining him in Saudi amid Liverpool transfer links

Steven Gerrard is putting his loyalty to Liverpool up of his existent allegiance with the Saudi Pro League erstwhile it comes to his sentiment connected Mohamed Salah's future

Steven Gerrard says helium hopes Mohamed Salah ignores the Saudi Pro League's advances and stays astatine Liverpool beyond adjacent year.

Salah's declaration expires astatine the extremity of the play and there's yet to beryllium immoderate indication he'll beryllium extending his enactment connected Merseyside. The cash-rich Saudis person been trying to tribunal him implicit the past mates of years arsenic their adjacent marquee signing.

While he'll beryllium turning 33 adjacent June, he's showing nary signs of slowing down. He already has 14 extremity contributions successful 12 games crossed each competitions this play up of today's Premier League clash with Arsenal.

No Liverpool instrumentality volition beryllium hoping helium walks distant connected a escaped transportation successful the summertime window. And that includes erstwhile skipper Gerrard, contempt his evident links to the Pro League arsenic manager of Al-Ettifaq.

Appearing connected The Redmen TV podcast, helium said: "I anticipation we inactive get different mates of years retired of Mo Salah. I deliberation helium tin present for galore much years due to the fact that of his shape, his professionalism.

"So I anticipation helium stays. I anticipation we get much retired of him, but I’m not amazed due to the fact that the ones that are obsessed of the assemblage and they’ve got that level of talent, it’s nary astonishment that the accordant levels are determination each the time.”

Gerrard besides offered immoderate anticipation to the Reds faithful that Salah volition beryllium staying via his goalkeeping manager John Achterberg, who lone near Liverpool successful the summertime aft 15 years with the nine and truthful knows the Egyptian King amended than most.

“I ever prime John’s encephalon and what would helium similar connected a database," Gerrard added. "John says he’s truly obsessed to beryllium the best, and helium wants to interruption records. He wants to beryllium remembered arsenic the best.

“So I’m not amazed successful presumption of however helium approaches his profession. And I deliberation he’s going to beryllium 1 of these players that we’ll each admit adjacent much erstwhile the time yet comes erstwhile helium moves on."

Salah presently sits 5th successful Liverpool's all-time apical scorer database connected 218, with Billy Liddell (228), Gordon Hodgson (241), Roger Hunt (285) and Ian Rush (346) up of him. He's besides ninth successful Premier League history, lone 25 down Andy Cole successful fourth.

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