Liverpool news: FSG sent clear Mo Salah contract message as Man City chase Reds' target

Liverpool are sitting pretty at the start of another international break.

are five points clear at the top of the following a near perfect weekend of results. ’s side on Saturday, just hours after were .

Things got even better on Sunday when fellow title rivals dropped two points in at Stamford Bridge. have won nine of their 11 matches under Slot in the league this season with six clean sheets.

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It could hardly be going much better for Liverpool, who now have two weeks until they travel to the south coast to face bottom club . They will hope to have back fit by then after . In the meantime, here are the latest headlines around the club.

FSG sent Salah message

was the undoubted star of the show on Saturday night, assisting Darwin Nunez’s opener before making the game safe on the counter-attack late on. He now has 14 goal involvements in the Premier League – more than any other player – and is, for some, the best player in the right now.

This is all the more pertinent given that Salah’s current contract is due to expire in June. Salah is paid £350,000 per week at Liverpool, making him comfortably the top-earner at the club. There are some suggestions that Liverpool owners, Fenway Sports Group, cannot afford to hand out new deals to Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.

If that’s the case, then the on Saturday: "FSG, he fires a bow, now give him his dough".

City target Zubimendi

Liverpool thought they had signed Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad in the summer, only for the Spain star to decide against the move. He stayed put in San Sebastian, but might have changed his mind.

Manchester City are in the January transfer window, believing he’d be a good replacement for the injured Rodri. They have the funds available to trigger his €60million (£50m) release clause and believe he can be convinced to leave his hometown club.

Van Dijk highlights mentality shift

Virgil van Dijk last season and have the right mentality to go all the way under Slot.

“We're only in November but I see us dealing with difficult moments pretty well,” he said. “We had a couple of games where we bounced back after going behind. The mentality of the boys to turn it around was amazing. Maybe towards the end of a season the pressure is higher. Then everyone has to be there and step up.

“I can't predict how the last part of the season will go. But so far, so good. For me it's quite easy to say, but I just want to enjoy it. Go out there, all of us are privileged and blessed to be playing for Liverpool and have players around you with so much quality. Let's see what it brings.”

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