‘We are far away from that,’ says Mo Salah as Liverpool star sends club another contract warning

MO SALAH helped send Liverpool eight points clear at the top of the Premier League before firing off another contract warning.

The Egyptian King grabbed one goal and two assists as Arne Slot's men thumped five past West Ham.

But Salah, who is out of contract in the summer and can start talking to overseas clubs about a move in two days time, revealed a new Reds deal is still "far away".

He said: "No we are far away from that and I don't want to put anything in the media and people start saying stuff.

"Now I am focused on the team.

"The only thing in my mind is for Liverpool to win the league, I just want to be part of that.

"That is the only thing I have been focusing on since the start of the season.

"I will do my best for the team to win a trophy, we are in the right direction. There are a few other teams catching up with us and we need to stay focused and humble and go again."

Luis Diaz opened the scoring before Salah teed up Cody Gakpo with a superb turn and then scored his own goal before the break.

Trent Alexander-Arnold's deflected goal made it four before Salah then laid on Diogo Jota's 84th-minute goal.

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Salah has scored at least 20 goals in all eight of his seasons at Liverpool and has now scored and assisted in eight separate league games this season - setting a new Premier League record.

Slot said: "Mo and the word extraordinary is something I've heard a lot in the last six months and he truly deserves this and probably in the last eight years, but I'm involved in the last half year.

"I don't think he keeps surprising us. We know what a player he is and we know he's able to do so.

"But apart from that, he works really hard for the team also when the other team has the ball and yeah, we can only hope that he can keep bringing these performances in.

"But I would like to add that if he scores, there's also a lead up to him scoring.

"So there are also other players that bring him in these positions, but if you bring Mo in these positions, he's extraordinary."

While Liverpool were rampant, West Ham offered little threat and no fight before being booed off at the London Stadium.

Boss Julen Lopetegui said: "We are very sad for our fans. I am very sorry about this. It is true that they deserve more. It has been a bad day for us for sure.

"The fans are always right and we understand them for sure.

"We are trying to become competitive, sometimes we achieve this but we have to be better in these kind of matches at home in the second part of the season."