Salah Says He Cannot Be ‘Selfish’ to Discuss His Liverpool Contract Situation

05 April 2022, Portugal, Lisbon: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah greets manager Jurgen Klopp as he leaves the field of play during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between Benfica and Liverpool at the Estadio da Luz. (dpa)
05 April 2022, Portugal, Lisbon: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah greets manager Jurgen Klopp as he leaves the field of play during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between Benfica and Liverpool at the Estadio da Luz. (dpa)
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Salah Says He Cannot Be ‘Selfish’ to Discuss His Liverpool Contract Situation

05 April 2022, Portugal, Lisbon: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah greets manager Jurgen Klopp as he leaves the field of play during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between Benfica and Liverpool at the Estadio da Luz. (dpa)
05 April 2022, Portugal, Lisbon: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah greets manager Jurgen Klopp as he leaves the field of play during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match between Benfica and Liverpool at the Estadio da Luz. (dpa)

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said he cannot be "selfish" and discuss his contract situation at Liverpool, with the Premier League club focused on winning trophies.

Liverpool are second in the league on 72 points, one point below leaders Manchester City. The two teams are due to meet in Sunday's match that could potentially decide the fate of the title race with eight rounds left.

The Merseyside club won the League Cup in February and are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, having also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup to remain on track for an unprecedented haul of four trophies this season.

Salah's contract expires in June 2023 and negotiations over a new deal have been going on for a long time. British media reported the Egypt international is close to agreeing a deal with the club to keep him until the end of his career.

"I can't be selfish and talk about my situation," Salah told Sky Sports. "We are in the most important period for the team so I have to just talk about the team, focus on what is coming with the team and that is the most important thing."

Asked if he was confident a new contract would be sorted out, Salah said: "I can't say yes, I can't say no but I have said many times before about what I want.

"But again, I can't go deep into my contract now because it is a really sensitive situation.

"The team need to win and I can't be just going into the news and just talking about my contract. I just focus with the team, and that is it."

Salah, a prolific forward and key player for Liverpool, has scored more than 150 goals for the club since joining from AS Roma in 2017.



Trump to Sign Order Creating Olympics Task Force ahead of 2028 Games

Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games logo pictured at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games logo pictured at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
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Trump to Sign Order Creating Olympics Task Force ahead of 2028 Games

Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games logo pictured at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games logo pictured at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 14, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo

US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday creating a White House Olympics task force to handle security and other issues related to the 2028 summer Olympic games, an administration official told Reuters.

The task force, made up of members from Trump's cabinet and government agencies, will coordinate federal, state and local government work on transportation, the official said.

It also will "streamline visa processing and credentialing for foreign athletes, coaches, officials, and media," the official said in an email.

The United States will host the Olympics in Los Angeles in three years. Trump, a Republican who lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, has expressed pleasure that his second term will coincide with the Olympics and the World Cup.

"During his first term, President Trump was instrumental in securing America's bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The president considers it a great honor to oversee this global sporting spectacle in his second term," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement on Monday.

Last month organizers of the Los Angeles games released the first look at the Olympic competition schedule. The city had also hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984.

"The creation of this task force marks an important step forward in our planning efforts and reflects our shared commitment to delivering not just the biggest, but the greatest Games the world has ever seen in the summer of 2028,” Casey Wasserman, the chair and president of LA28, said in a statement.