Mohamed Salah is planning to renew his contract with Liverpool, according to Egyptian sports minister Ashraf Sobhi.
Liverpool have yet to reach an agreement with Salah over a new deal, which expires next year, and reports have claimed that the 29-year-old turned down a contract worth £400,000 a week.
Salah’s agent is still in talks with Liverpool and reports over the weekend claimed .
In an interview with Egyptian radio on Monday, Sobhi revealed that he personally advised Salah to leave Liverpool during a conversation with the forward after Egypt’s defeat to Senegal in their World Cup play-off last week.
But Sobhi claims that Salah’s plan is to extend his stay at Anfield.
‘I met with at the airport after the end of the Senegal match and the failure to reach the finals and said to him to forget what happened and focus on what’s next,’ Sobhi told Egyptian radio on Monday.
‘I have advised him to continue his journey at a club other than Liverpool, but his direction now is to renew his contract with Liverpool.
‘There are campaigns against Salah directed by some to bring him down, but I asked him not to pay attention to them.’
When asked about Salah’s contract situation on Monday, Jurgen Klopp said: ‘I am happy with it because there’s nothing new to say, that’s good.
‘Just good. The decisive parties are talking to each other and that’s all I need. That’s it.’
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