Robbie Fowler believes Mohamed Salah wants to become a 'proper' Liverpool legend following the news that he has signed a new contract.
The Egyptian has committed to the club and put an abrupt end to any speculation involving his future. On Friday he penned a three-year deal that will run until the summer of 2025.
It is understood Salah will be earning roughly £350,000 a week and that he will become the highest paid player in the club's history. He is currently the Reds' ninth top scorer of all time with 156 goals and is just 27 away from surpassing Fowler in sixth.
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The former Liverpool hero, who made 369 appearances for the Reds during his playing days, believes the contract is a statement and suggests Salah's intention to cement himself among the greats as a true club legend.
Fowler wrote in his column for The Mirror : "I’m delighted he’s staying. Many will have picked up on my thoughts that I don’t consider players as legends of any club, unless they show some real passion and commitment to that club.
"I know I’m probably in the minority, but I’ve always rejected the idea Luis Suarez and Fernando Torres are Liverpool legends. Neither of them stuck around long enough to ever be regarded like that.
"Both of them tainted their legacy in the manner they left the club, with both of them seeming desperate to go and prepared to screw the club over. I always thought Salah was in danger of doing that too, with the way things were dragging on over his contract negotiations and the way his agent seemed to be stirring up trouble.
"But fair play to him. The bottom line is, he wanted to stay – probably to smash all my records! – and that tells me he wants to become a proper Liverpool legend."
Salah not only has an impressive goalscoring record, but he's won everything he possibly can as a Liverpool player. He helped end the club's 30-year wait for a Premier League title and he's lifted the Champions League, League Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.
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