Mohamed Salah has signed a new two-year deal with Liverpool FC, ending a long-running dispute over his contract, which had been due to expire in the summer.

The Egyptian forward, 32, will be paid a reported £400,000 per week, equivalent to £20.8m per year before tax, for the next two seasons, reaffirming his status as one of the best-paid players in English football.

Salah, who is currently the Premier Leagues's top scorer with 27 goals this season, joined Liverpool from Roma for £37m in 2017, and is on course to win his second league title with the club. The Reds have an 11-point lead over second-place Arsenal with seven games still to play.

Over the past eight years, Salah has also won the Champions League, the FA Cup, two League Cups, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.

In addition, he has won the Premier League Golden Boot on three occasions, been named the PFA Players’ Player of the Year twice and taken home two FWA Footballer of the Year awards.

He has scored 243 goals in 394 appearances, making him the third-highest goalscorer in Liverpool history behind club legends Ian Rush (346) and Roger Hunt (285).

Salah has burnished his Liverpool legend this season with one of his best campaigns for goals and assists, but for the past couple of years, his future has been uncertain.

After signing a three-year deal worth £350,000 per week (£18.2m per year) in 2022, every summer transfer window has brought speculation as to whether he would leave the club.

Liverpool rejected a £150m offer for Salah from the Saudi Pro League's Al-Ittihad in 2023, and Salah has used press interviews this season to make known his displeasure at the lack of the progress on a contract extension.

In November, Salah said he was “probably more out than in” at Liverpool after complaining that he had not received a new contract offer, but added that his priority was to remain at the club.

Contract talks between Liverpool and Salah's representatives had already commenced at that point, although no formal offer had been proposed for his approval.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is now expected to re-sign with the club following Salah's extension, and the potential re-singing of two of the club's leading players will come as partial relief to fans upset by Trent Alexander-Arnold's impending departure.

The creative right back will move to Real Madrid this summer.

Speaking to the Liverpool FC website, Salah said he re-signed because he thinks the club has the chance to win more trophies and that he enjoys his football with Liverpool.

"It’s great, I had my best years here. I played eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Enjoying my life here, enjoying my football. I had the best years in my career," he continued.

“I would like to say to [the fans], I am very, very happy to be here. I signed here because I believe we can win a lot of big trophies together. Keep supporting us and we’ll give it our best, and hopefully in the future we’re going to win more trophies.”

According to Forbes, Salah has a net worth of $53m as of last October between $35m in salary and $18m from endorsements with the likes of Adidas, Pepsi and Vodafone.

The publication listed him eighth on its list of the world's highest-paid soccer players, and 38th on its list of the world's highest-paid athletes.

Photo: Mohamed Salah. (Pic: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)