Liverpool have been urged to "do everything they can" to ensure Mohamed Salah signs a new contract, by ex-Reds striker Stan Collymore. And the former club-record signing believes paying Salah increased wages for the next couple of years is a more sensible investment than trying to replace him with a successor who won't replicate his output.

Chelsea have been told exactly what they must do to beat Liverpool to the signing of a player who has been tipped to replace Mohamed Salah next season. The winger is set to leave Anfield on a free transfer in the summer unless the Reds can find a breakthrough in talks over a new contract.

Mohamed Salah has been in sensational form for Liverpool this season, despite his ongoing contract standoff with the club, and he appears to be in good spirits off the pitch too

Mohamed Salah has joked he might leave Liverpool ‘for the money’ after bumping into Gary Lineker at the Reds’ AXA Training Centre. The 32-year-old’s future remains uncertain with his current contract set to expire at the end of the season.