It is around 8:30 am Friday morning and the temperament of this journalist is shortened.
The week had dragged out, the non-stop pinging phone in the previous 24 hours and after Mail Sport was the first to point out that Mohamed Salah had entered into an agreement to stay in Liverpool.
Fun but stressful. Thus, the road work of the approach to Kirkby did not help. The fact that we are not in the wrong path either. Until a nice gentleman, in a much more pleasant car than ours wearing shades of fantasy with the windows down, invited us to the right track.
A cordial appreciation wave and rapid control in mirrors later, it has become obvious that the driver was an Arne slit. Any doubt about this was quickly eradicated when a pair of guys working on road works, sporting high -visibility vests, began to sing in the direction of the car.
“We are going to win the League,” they sang, to which Slot gave a smile and a radiant wave in return.
Slot is a jovial guy in the best of cases, but this special morning, he added reasons to show the whites of his teeth in happiness. A few minutes earlier, Liverpool had confirmed that his best player, Salah, was there to stay.
Liverpool was still convinced that they would reach an agreement with Mohamed Salah
He should banish at least 50 million pounds sterling during the duration of his renewed two -year contract
Arne Slot was in a good humor on Friday morning, just like many Liverpool fans heard the news
The sun radiated on the Merseyside and Friday was going to be a good day after all.
Slot, of course, knew it well before the official announcement of 8 hours, but fans of Liverpool around the world woke up that many would describe as the best news of the season.
Some were in the watering holes for the Toast in Salah, while many fans would have celebrated deeply on Friday evening. It was the speech of offices and construction sites, the kind of news that would have worried the HQ of the Liverpool rivals.
Salah’s stay may have seemed obvious for some time now, but for a long time, it was certainly not inevitable.
Standing in the rain outside the St Mary stadium in Southampton in November, Mail Sport was part of a very limited number of journalists that Salah sought to tell his discomfort to the club. “I am more absent than there,” said the Egyptian, adding that he was disappointed with the club.
This led to a little fusion in the fans base. Fingers have been pointed out on the owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) and the new sports director Richard Hughes who inherited an incredibly difficult position to have his three best players outside the contract.
“FSG, he pulls an arc, now gives Mo his dough” is a banner which was always present in the Kop in 2025.
Then there were whispers on the interest of Saudi Pro League to sign Salah. The whispers quickly became cries and it is true that the Saudis made him their dream target and made an almighty push to convince him to join them.
Salah set alarm ringtone among fans when he said he was “ more outside than last year
There were also concerns about Saudi clubs, which could offer much more money, although Salah never wanted to move there
Credit must go to Richard Hughes, who flew to Dubai to meet Salah’s agent several times
Salah, and his long -term ally Ramy Abbas, never gave this serious idea. But the Saudi shoe was a problem for Hughes and Liverpool. Even if Salah did not want to go, it was a negotiation tactic.
The credit here must go to Hughes, who flew to Dubai, where Abbas is based several times. After joining Bournemouth last summer, the sports director entered a club without manager, without corridor staff and at the heart of the off -contract team.
It was Hughes who affected the slot machine as a candidate n ° 1 to replace Jurgen Klopp and persuaded him to do so for a long conversation in the Dutch Zwolle house last year. And now he has managed negotiations to convince Salah and Virgil Van Dijk to stay.
All kinds of wild claims have been made between Salah’s comment, more than in the commentary, when Liverpool intelligently confirmed the agreement with the words “more than to go out”.
Many suggested that Liverpool asked Salah to take a salary cup. It never happened. Some said the Saudis were confident to get it. Perhaps thus, but all confidence was based on fictitious beliefs.
For all the negative outside noise around the saga, those inside the building remained calm. Salah wanted to stay, Liverpool wanted him to stay. Yes, he has dragged more than desired, but these things are complex and take time.
For example, Liverpool could not just take out the check-book and spend Salah a pen to write all the figures he believed. This contract had to comply with their principles, the money involved should always allow them to attack the summer transfer market.
Salah’s young family is settled in the northwest and that has had an influence on her decision
His wife Magi, and his daughters Makka (left) and Kayan (right) like Liverpool – his children are often spotted in the corridors of Anfield
Virgil van Dijk should follow suit and says that there have been “progress” to an agreement
The fans noticed him bearing a Richard Mille RM 17-02 watch Titanium vortex worth £ 725,000 – Lochy currency when you are on her money!
During his two -year contract, Salah should pocket at least 50 million pounds sterling, or 25 million pounds sterling per season, with numerous complementary and bonus modules, which makes it difficult to put a final figure on your weekly take -out empat.
Whatever this figure, it is not as much as the Saudis were ready to cough.
Salah stayed because he loves the club and he loves his life here. He keeps a discreet profile outside of football, but his family, his wife Magi and his daughters Makka and Kayan, are installed in the northwest and had an influence in his decision to stay.
His daughters are often spotted in Anfield’s corridors as if they had the place. In many ways, their father does – he is the royalty of Liverpool. The word “legend” is overused in football, but the so-called Egyptian king is one of the greatest that this legendary club has ever seen.
The same goes for Van Dijk, who, as a sport mail, reported on Wednesday, is also close to the signing of his new agreement. It is now a scenario “when” not “if”, although the Liverpool media team may need a rest after the fabulous work of production of Salah’s announcement.
They slipped around Anfield after sunset to take the spectacular shots. He was photographed wearing a Richard Mille plush wristwatch, worth around £ 750,000. It’s like a loose change for Salah, to be fair.
There were murmurs that something was happening in Anfield, but there was a melee of online fans wondering if there was an announcement pending whenever Salah was spotted anywhere in official club equipment in recent months.
This time, finally, it was for real. And it created a huge buzz around the building with Salah the only subject on everyone’s lips. Slot, who will celebrate by watching the Masters golf course, had to joke the journalists “we play West Ham on Sunday, by the way”.
A young player who presented several times for the first team was heard asking “Virgil Next?”, A question to which fans also turned immediately. Friends soon, soon.
Van Dijk’s day will come very soon. Friday was all about the Egyptian king of Liverpool and how finally, Mo obtained his dough.
