Mohamed Salah has told Liverpool chiefs that turning 30 years of age shouldn't affect new contract talks.
The 29-year-old has been locked in negotiations over a new deal throughout the season, publicly claiming that money is not his priority when it comes to extending his five-year stay at Anfield. Instead, it appears Salah wants a lengthy offer to remain on Merseyside, despite turning 30 by the beginning of the next campaign.
"I didn't think about the fact I'm going to turn 30," the Reds winger told FourFourTwo.
"I ask some players and they say it's a different feeling when you turn 30, but I don't know, I'm feeling fine. I'm enjoying life, I'm enjoying football – it doesn't matter how old you are now. Now you can see that with players – all of them extend their careers.
"You can see the top, top players always after 32, 33, you can see a lot of them – [Robert] Lewandowski, [Karim] Benzema, [Lionel] Messi, Ronaldo, Zlatan [Ibrahimovic], a lot of players; also [Edin] Dzeko in Italy, [Olivier] Giroud. All of them perform really well after 30, so I'm not concerned about that.
"I think the fans know what I want, but in the contract it's not everything about the money at all," Salah reaffirmed. "So I don't know, I can't tell you exactly. I have one year left and the fans know what I want."
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