Mohamed Salah has pledged his immediate future to Liverpool.
Salah’s contract is set to expire at the conclusion of the 2022/23 campaign but an agreement to extend his stay has yet to be reached by both parties.
Speculation around the Egypt international’s long-term destination has grown in recent months amid his ongoing stand-off with the Anfield club’s hierarchy.
However Salah insisted on Wednesday that he will honour the final 12 months of his existing deal and still remains relaxed about the negotiation process.
He said: “In my mind, I don’t focus about the contract at the moment.
“I don’t want to be selfish at all. I even said that, like, two or one months ago. It’s about the team now, it’s a really important week for us, I can say.
“I’m just focused on the team. I want to win the Champions League again. I want to see Hendo (Jordan Henderson) having the trophy again in his hands and hopefully give it to me after!
“I’m just focused with the team really; I don’t want to talk about the contract now. We have a long time… I’m staying next season for sure. That’s clear.
“I’m staying next season, let’s see after that.”
Saturday’s Champions League final will see Salah face off against Real Madrid for the first time since suffering an early shoulder injury in the 2018 clash.
The 29-year-old admits that memories of losing to the 13-time European champion in Kyiv were difficult to process in the immediate aftermath.
“That was the worst moment in my career,” added Salah.
“I was really, really down in that time, because I had a good season that time and just playing the Champions League final, coming off after 30 minutes.
“It’s the worst thing that could happen to any football player. After the game I knew the result, because I was in the hospital, I knew the result from Hendo.
“I was like: ‘We cannot lose this way.’ I never felt that feeling before in football, especially the first Champions League final for most of us.
“We were very, very disappointed, but I think after that summer we came back, we talked to each other.
“Hendo and Millie (James Milner) talked in the dressing room, if I remember right, and they say ‘we go again for everything’ and we managed to win it the year after.
“So that was also kind of revenge, in a way, but I think we managed in the best way possible.”
