"Salah stays!" That was the message Mohamed Salah delivered in a pre-recorded video published by the club's official Twitter account as the Egyptian confirmed he had signed a new deal with Liverpool.
The 30-year-old had finally put pen to paper on a three-year deal and he didn't even have to leave his holiday destination to do it after a delegation, led by Sporting Director Julian Ward, flew out to attain his all-important signature.
Wherever Salah is on vacation, it certainly looked nice and probably cost a fair penny to visit. And why not? Because the prolific winger has just signed up for what is a significant pay rise, vastly increasing what was already a more than comfortable wage packet.
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Becoming the highest paid player in the history of Liverpool Football Club, Salah's pay has jumped from £200,000 per week to reportedly a very agreeable level of around £350,000 per week. In short, he will have no trouble boxing off next summer's All Inclusive.
It's no secret that Salah's agent Ramy Abbas was looking for around £400,000 per week for his client, but the Liverpool star can still earn a significant amount on top of his basic earnings by hitting a number of targets, both individually and as a team.
So where does that put Salah, in terms of earnings, against his peers across the Premier League? According to a highest-paid table published by TalkSPORT, the result is not at the top of the tree, but not far off it. Only four players are on better basic deals. Liverpool would have to completely abolish their wage structure if they were to match the staggering £510,000-a-week Cristiano Ronaldo earns at Manchester United. No wonder his teammates don't normally bother celebrating goals with him.
Like Salah, Kevin De Bruyne has been one of the most consistently brilliant players in the Premier League for some time now and playing for a club owned by an Abu Dhabi private equity company means the Belgian leaves training at the end of every week with £400,000 in his pocket.
De Bruyne's new teammate Erling Haaland has been brought to Manchester City to score goals, lots of them. But even if he doesn't manage a shot on target next season, he needn't worry too much as he'll still be picking up a cracking £375,000 weekly wage packet. Joining him at the same pay grade is a player who's job it is to keep goals out - not score them - David de Gea. The Manchester United goalkeeper was once considered possibly the finest stopper on the planet, but with Red Devils shipping 57 goals in the Premier League last season, he's unlikely to get another deal like his last one.
Thanks to his comprehensive incentives package, Salah can still climb above De Bruyne, Haaland and De Gea in the table, simply by continuing to do what he has been doing so well for Liverpool ever since he joined, by scoring goals and winning major trophies. And judging by the shape he has been able to keep himself in as he moves into his 30s, there's no reason to believe that he is going to do anything other than that.
Value for money? We'll know in three years' time.
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