‘They’ve got to get it sorted’: Liverpool MUST extend Mohamed Salah’s contract after selling Sadio Mane, insists Jamie O’Hara, who brands the Anfield club’s handling of their star man’s future ‘unacceptable’
- Jamie O’Hara has criticised Liverpool’s handling of Mohamed Salah’s contract issue
- Salah has still not signed a new deal despite having one year left on his contract
- O’Hara said the situation was ‘unacceptable’ for the Reds who have to resolve it
Jamie O’Hara has blasted Liverpool‘s managing of club superstar Mohamed Salah as ‘unacceptable’ and implored them to resolve his ongoing contract dispute.
With the £35million sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich earlier this month, the Reds have broken up one of the most successful attacking units in the Premier League, and Salah’s future also remains in huge doubt.
The Egyptian, 30, is set to enter the final year of his contract at Liverpool and an agreement has yet to be reached regarding a new deal.
Jamie O’Hara said Liverpool’s handling of Mohamed Salah’s contract issue is ‘unacceptable’
Salah could leave on a free transfer next year, unlike Sadio Mane who Liverpool sold for £35m
O’Hara said the Reds have to sort the problem
With the club and Salah’s representatives at loggerheads over his wage demands, there is talk of Liverpool selling their prize asset this summer to ensure they recoup some money and don’t lose him for free next year.
An offer in the region of £60million could persuade the Reds to part company with Salah, according to reports.
That things have got to this point is a huge Liverpool blunder, according to O’Hara, who urged the Reds to come to terms with Salah after having managed to secure a decent fee for Mane.
‘He’s (Salah) going into the final year of his contract, still hasn’t signed a new deal, you’ve seen (Sadio) Mane leave,’ O’Hara told TalkSport.
‘Now they recouped their money with Mane – good bit of business. He’d been at the football club, wanted to go in the end for whatever reasons, which will come out but I’m sure it was down to money.
‘Now Salah could go on a free – that is unacceptable. Liverpool have set the benchmark for how to do business as a football club and they’ve done it brilliantly. But they’ve got to get this…