For a new-look chain of command at Liverpool, one of their first tasks might prove to be their biggest in the form of Mohamed Salah.

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Klopp and Salah's respect for each is absolute and while it could be claimed with justification that the forward was out of line with his angry gesticulating towards his manager, any lingering issues will be resolved when the Reds' players reconvene after three days off on Wednesday at the AXA Training Centre.

Klopp will no doubt be asked about it all at his Friday press conference but that will present the boss with a chance to put the storyline to bed once and for all and for the player, a strong end to the campaign will aid that.

By then, though, the Egypt star will be into the final year of his eye-watering deal worth around £350,000 a week and FSG's 'CEO of football' Michael Edwards will have a huge decision to make alongside sporting director Richard Hughes and Arne Slot, whose anticipated replacing of Klopp will see him inherit the title of 'head coach'.

Salah, despite the interest from Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad last summer, has given the club no indication he wants to up sticks as things stand and the party line is that Slot's Liverpool will be able to call upon a player who has scored 210 times since his move from Roma in 2017.

With all indicators pointing towards the Reds keeping Salah at the club, a new deal is the logical next step given he will be able to leave on a free transfer in the summer of 2025.

The handshakes on the contract agreed and signed on the Greek island of Mykonos in late June of 2022 came in the belief that Salah could continue posting the sorts of numbers he had done prior when well into his 30s.

That will be tough to do that with Salah given his otherworldly contributions but if a new deal is agreed at some stage, it will be because there is a belief in what can do going forward and not what he has achieved previously.