Take your medicine, here.
Mo Salah has penned a new, three year deal with Liverpool for a reported £54.6 million. Gary Neville reckons representatives of the forward have “played” the Merseysiders.
Salah will earn £350,000 over the next three seasons as the Reds made him the club’s highest paid player. With Sadio Mané going relatively cheap after letting his contract run until its’ final year, Liverpool wanted to get one of their key attackers tied down.
Salah has played them hasn’t he 😂😂😉
— Gary Neville (@GNev2) July 2, 2022
An Irish Liverpool supporter was quick on the draw, though, and pointed out the obvious flaw in that Gary Neville tweet:
This is what being ‘played’ looks like @GNev2 !!! https://t.co/IjjGvTiP6q pic.twitter.com/oseJdrUMNp
— Dave… (@dctwittwoo) July 2, 2022
No arguing with that. At least, not from Manchester United supporters.
Carra knew all along…
Jamie Carragher, meanwhile, has suggested that he knew Mohamed Salah was going to sign a new contract, after calling out Salah’s agent for his cryptic tweet regarding the Egyptian.
Salah signed a new long-term contract with the Reds which will see the attacker remain at Anfield until 2025, with his new deal making him the highest-paid player in the club’s history.
Prior to the Merseyside club announcing the news, Salah’s agent Ramy Abbas Issa tweeted a laughing emoji – which sent Reds supporters, and former player Carragher, into confusion.
🤣
— Ramy Abbas Issa (@RamyCol) July 1, 2022
Following Issa’s first tweet, which tricked Liverpool fans into thinking there were further problems renewing their star’s contract, Sky Sports pundit Carragher replied, appearing to criticise the agent.
“All Reds love your client,” Carragher tweeted.
“And if he is to leave next summer we will wish him well & say a big thank you. But we can do without this cryptic crap for the next 12 months! @MoSalah have a word!!”
All Reds love your client, and if he is to leave next summer we will wish him well & say a big thank you. But we can do without this cryptic crap for the next 12 months! @MoSalah have a word!! https://t.co/XFyu84vC0V
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) July 1, 2022
Liverpool’s official Twitter account also replied to the agent with an emoji that had its hand on its face, seemingly referencing the amount of times the Egyptian’s agent has posted cryptic emojis online.
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 1, 2022
However, the Reds then shocked social media and announced that Salah had committed his long-term future to the club having had just one year left on his contract.
https://twitter.com/FootballJOE/status/1542886353481998340
After this, Carragher backtracked on his initial rage at Salah’s agent, writing: “We fooled them all chief @MoSalah @RamyCol”.
We fooled them all chief 👀🤪@MoSalah @RamyCol 🖊 👌🏻 https://t.co/uFkWXtN0er
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) July 1, 2022
Salah’s agent also responded back at Carragher with a laughing emoji.
— Ramy Abbas Issa (@RamyCol) July 1, 2022
Salah joined Liverpool from AS Roma in June 2017 and has registered 156 goals and 63 assists in 254 appearances.
The 30-year-old was named the FWA Footballer of the Year and the PFA Players’ Player of the Year for 2021/22 after helping to secure an FA Cup and League Cup double.
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