Mo Salah is ‘in a good mood and a good moment’, says Jurgen Klopp as he tries to brush off exit talk

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has moved to quash recent speculation that star man Mohamed Salah is headed for the exit door any time in the near future.

The Egyptian’s current Liverpool deal expires in the summer of 2023 and he is one of the club’s highest earners with wages of around £200,000-a-week. 

Mohamed Salah smiles during Liverpool’s training session at Melwood on Wednesday

Jurgen Klopp has tried to brush off talk of Salah leaving the club any time in the near future

Asked by if he would rule out a move to LaLiga in the future, the former Chelsea forward failed to do so. 

‘I think Madrid and Barcelona are two top clubs,’ he said. ‘Who knows what will happen in the future, but right now I am focused on winning the Premier League and the Champions League with Liverpool again.’ 

However, Klopp insists he is not concerned. 

‘Mo is in a good mood, a good moment, really good shape,’ the German coach said in a press conference on Wednesday morning. 

‘That’s the most important thing. Today, you would have seen him laughing a lot in training. All the rest, nice for you all to write about but, internally, nothing really’

The 28-year-old Egyptian has become a star at Anfield under German boss Jurgen Klopp

When pressed on his future further, Salah told AS that everything was in Liverpool’s hands, adding: ‘That’s a tough question, but right now I can say that everything is in the hands of the club.

‘Of course I want to break records here and, I repeat, all the club records, but everything is in the hands of the club.  

Klopp opted to start Salah on the bench for Liverpool’s game at Crystal Palace at the weekend but insisted he was taking the opportunity to give the forward a much needed rest.

Salah was introduced on the hour mark and scored twice as the Reds beat Roy Hodgson’s side 7-0 at Selhurst Park. 

He is now two clear in the race for the Premier League Golden Boot, having found the net 13 times in 13 appearances. 

Those current statistics come after Salah – who signed a heavily-incentivised five-year extension with the Anfield side in July 2018 – finished fifth in the race for the Golden Boot last season in Liverpool’s victorious league campaign with 19 goals.