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ARNE SLOT claims Mo Salah's new £50m two-year deal will help Liverpool attract top talent this summer.

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Slot knows the champions-elect will have to spend to freshen up their squad and he says Salah’s decision to stay is the perfect statement about Liverpool's ambition.

Salah, 32, will earn nearly £500,000 a week and Slot says this shows the club are serious about continuing to move forward.

“It’s a good message,” said the Reds head coach. “It shows that we're ambitious, we want to keep a very good player like Mo Salah at this club.

“We've worked hard, and by we I mean the ownership, (chief executive) Michael Edwards and (sporting director) Richard Hughes, to achieve that. And that’s a good start for this summer, clearly.

“I think if I were to put myself in the shoes of a player that we might want to sign, it's always nice for them to see that Mo has extended his contract.