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Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Liverpool are having “really good conversations” with Mohamed Salah over extending his contract on Merseyside.

Salah, who has 18 months left on his existing Anfield deal, told Sky Sports back in October that he never wants to leave the club. However, his future is fully dependent on Liverpool agreeing on terms that are both suitable for the player and the club.

Speaking ahead the 5-0 thrashing of Manchester United at Old Trafford, Salah told Sky Sports: “If you ask me, I would love to stay until the last day of my football career, but I can’t say much about that – it’s not in my hands.

“It depends on what the club want, not on me.

“At the moment I can’t see myself ever playing against Liverpool. That would make me sad. It’s hard, I don’t want to talk about it, but it would make me really sad.

“At the moment I don’t see myself playing against Liverpool but let’s see what will happen in the future.”

The Reds have already tied down a number of senior players to new contracts. However, the big one still remains – although Jurgen Klopp is not all concerned as he lifted the lid on how the talks are going.

“We are in really good conversations,” Klopp told Sky Sports News. “I want it to happen, but when? I couldn’t care less.”

No player has scored more league goals than Salah in Europe this season, with top Premier League target Dusan Vlahovic the only one to have matched his tally of 15 goals.

Salah is expected to start again as the Reds head to Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.

FSG close to Brazilian move

Meanwhile, a report in South America claims Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are set to expand their empire by purchasing Brazilian football club Cruzeiro.

FSG have been in charge of the Anfield giants for more than a decade and overseen a period of success. After bringing in Jurgen Klopp as manager, the Reds have won both the Premier League and Champions League. They are challenging on both fronts once again in 2021-2022.

But it has not all been sweetness and light. The owners have been accused of using the club to raise revenue.

And their involvement in the proposed European Super League also drove a wedge between fans and the club. FSG have fingers in a number of pies and, in addition to Liverpool, own Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox.

However, it seems as though they are about to add another football club to their portfolio. Four-time Brazilian champions Cruzeiro are currently in the second tier.

They have been hoping to attract investors. And former superintendent of Cruzeiro, Aloisio Vasoncellos confirmed to Superesportes, per The Mirror, that FSG are in the frame.

“The negotiation is international. There will be proposals from all sides,” he said. “I support the proposal of the Bank of Boston, which has links with XP (Investments).

“They own Liverpool (England), which is the best organized and managed football club in Europe. He was even world champion and later runner-up in the world.”

And he feels the takeover is a way to pull the club out of the mire and put it back where it belongs.

“This day marks this division, between the stage of disgrace, which has passed, fortunately, and the stage of grace, which looks forward,” he added. “With a horizon, I believe, strong. Cruzeiro has assets, it has 10 million fans.”

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