might need to depend on 's dressing room reacting to the identical manner they reportedly responded to Mohamed Salah's contract extension final yr if indicators for the membership this summer season. Salah's contract saga rolled on for a number of months all through the final marketing campaign earlier than a decision was reached in July.
The Egyptian's three-year contract extension additionally noticed him grow to be the membership's highest-paid participant of their historical past. His new deal is alleged to be price £350,000-a-week, placing him far forward of any his Liverpool team-mates.
There was reported fears that Salah's pay would trigger some unrest within the Liverpool dressing room. However reported final yr that Klopp was 'assured that the humility and intelligence' of the squad would put any points to 1 facet.
It was additionally stated that almost all of Liverpool's squad felt Salah 'deserved what he was getting' out of his new profitable deal. However Klopp might need to depend on an analogous scenario if the membership choose to fulfill Mount's calls for on a contract this summer season.
In response to , Mount is pushing to triple his present wages to round £13.4million-a-year. That roughly works out to £250,000-a-week, which might immediately make Mount one of many prime earners on the membership.
Liverpool's latest signings resembling Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo are on far much less cash. A part of Liverpool's recruitment all through Klopp's reign has been focussed on bringing in gamers who aren't searching for excessive wages immediately.
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However there's an acceptance on the membership that main adjustments are wanted in midfield and Mount is seen as one of many gamers who might assist revolutionise Klopp's squad. For that to occur, Liverpool will seemingly need to pay up not solely a comparatively excessive payment to prise him away from Chelsea, but in addition meet his supposed wage calls for.
There's a risk that Mount's calls for are largely focussed in direction of Chelsea and Liverpool would be capable to negotiate a less expensive deal. Nevertheless it's nonetheless extremely possible that the Reds would wish to make Mount a prime earner at Anfield to win the race for his signature.
Liverpool had been initially ready to make a transfer for Jude Bellingham, however have since been postpone by the cash wanted to make it occur. If Liverpool do select to pay up for Mount then Klopp will likely be hoping his dressing room react in the identical manner they did to Salah's profitable deal.