Luis Diaz points Mohamed Salah plea to Liverpool
Luis Diaz has urged table-topping Liverpool to resume the contract of talismanic ahead Mohamed Salah.
The 32-year-old is having fun with one in every of his most interesting seasons at Anfield, scoring 23 objectives in 25 Premier League video games along with contributing 14 assists. Salah’s blistering kind has helped the Reds surge seven factors clear on the prime of the Premier League desk – a lead they may add to once they tackle Aston Villa on Wednesday night time.
However one of many important speaking factors of the season outdoors of Salah’s on-field contribution has been his long-term future on Merseyside. Out of contract on the finish of the season, alongside Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, the Egyptian is but to agree recent phrases with Liverpool and will stroll away on the finish of the season amid curiosity from the Saudi Professional League.
That is a state of affairs Diaz, who can be having fun with a advantageous particular person season, doesn’t need to come to fruition, with the Colombian urging his employers to steer Salah to ink recent phrases.
“I’ve mentioned it earlier than. They’re tremendous essential for us,” Diaz instructed Telemundo. “It is as much as the membership, however hopefully they’re going to keep as a result of what they convey to the workforce is spectacular. What they’ve completed, what they’ve received. They do not accept little.
“Mo is a participant who’s all the time attempting to enhance, he’s all the time helping and scoring, and he is blissful. He is attempting to offer his greatest to the workforce. Whether or not they depart on a excessive be aware or keep to make historical past, I am glad to be sharing these moments with them.”
Such has been the brilliance of Salah, and Diaz to an extent, Liverpool have the possibility to finish a well-known treble in Arne Slot’s first season in cost. Prime of the Premier League desk and already into the Carabao Cup closing, the Reds additionally completed prime of the revamped Champions League first part desk – giving them secure passage straight by to the final 16.
Regardless of the off-field distractions, Diaz insists the gamers are totally targeted on attaining their trophy-winning ambitions. “We attempt to deal with ourselves first as a result of we all know what’s at stake,” he mentioned.
“The supervisor additionally seems at every recreation and coaching session. We take into consideration the opponent we’ll face to counteract what they could do. It is essential to remain calm, and hold including factors as a result of there’s nonetheless an extended approach to go.”
