Liverpool's attempts to tie Mohamed Salah down to a longer deal appear no further along.
It was accepted that talks with the Reds' talismanic Egyptian would take place after the season had concluded, when progress would hopefully be made. Of course, the season has only just finished and players have jetted off around the world to wind down after a gruelling campaign that was fought on all fronts, with Salah himself heading to Egypt.
In the coming weeks the talks will start again, and for all the reported bluster from the likes of Barcelona, who have their eyes on a free transfer swoop next summer despite remaining in a financial hole following the pandemic, Liverpool will enter into it hoping to get Salah committed for the long term.
