New Mo Salah contract claims: Even more than £400k per week

Liverpool’s decision to extend Mohamed Salah’s stay until 2027 is already under the microscope, and fresh revelations have intensified the debate. Sporting director Richard Hughes sanctioned a two-year extension last spring that, according to The Athletic’s James Pearce, eclipses the previously reported £400,000-a-week mark. The upward revision means the club could commit more than £40 million in basic wages alone before the Egyptian turns 35.

The timing of the disclosure is awkward. Salah, who finished 2024-25 as the Premier League’s top scorer, top creator and overall player of the year, has struggled to replicate that dominance this season. A winter falling-out with head coach Arne Slot led to the winger being dropped, and although he has since regained double-figure goal involvement, sources inside Anfield concede his influence has waned.

Hughes, appointed last summer, celebrated few bigger victories than tying down two Liverpool legends. While Trent Alexander-Arnold ultimately departed for Real Madrid in a £10 million deal, Virgil van Dijk and Salah put pen to paper on extensions through 2027. Yet the wisdom of retaining an ageing star on English football’s heftiest individual salary is now being questioned.

Saudi Pro League clubs maintain a watching brief, but their willingness to pay a transfer fee remains uncertain. If no acceptable offer materialises, Liverpool risk carrying the league’s largest single wage packet into a World Cup year for Egypt, limiting room to refresh a squad that may soon need rebuilding.

When the contract was signed, rewarding a record-breaking campaign felt instinctive. In hindsight, allowing Salah to leave at his peak might have preserved both legacy and salary structure. Instead, FSG face the prospect of a marquee name on a mammoth deal whose best days, on current evidence, could be behind him.