Mohamed Salah may have prompted concern among some Liverpool fans after his latest comments on his Reds future.

The Egyptian's current contract is due to expire at the end of the season, and while he apparently wants to extend his stay at the club, he told Sky Sports that he and Liverpool are far away on an agreement over the terms of a renewal. "There is no progress," Salah said as he spoke ahead of Sunday's clash between Liverpool and Manchester United. "We are far away from any progress so we just need to wait and see."

Salah touched on a number of subjects during the interview with Sky, including his goals for the season, his relationship with Jurgen Klopp, and his new role in the Reds' dressing room. Here's the full transcript:

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INTERVIEWER: I'm led to believe every pre-season you do a list, with everything you want to achieve that season. Is that right?

SALAH: I have some time with my family, then I have one or two days alone completely, to write the targets for next season, and that happens on holiday.

So what was on the list this year?

First thing was to win the Premier League with Liverpool. If you see my interviews in the last seven or eight years, I always say Champions League, but this is the first time I was saying that I really want to win the Premier League with Liverpool.

Why has the Premier League gone above?

No idea. Probably because we didn't celebrate the one we won with the club [in 2020] in the way we wanted. And also, coming back here, it's my last year in the club, so you want to do something special for the city, so that was the thing in my head.

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On this list — is it big picture goals rather than technical details?

No, I do that as well (think about small technical details). I'm very honest when I talk to myself, like OK, what do I need to improve now? Maybe my shape should be better, maybe the way I play needs to be better, I need to be more calm, do more stuff, different stuff, I'm very into details. Because I have nothing to do in two days, literally nothing, no phone, nothing, just sit and just be with my mind, and if anything comes out there, just write it.

What were the things you wrote down?

Things I wanted to improve last summer, I wanted the guys next to me to improve. All of them now are young: Lucho [Diaz], Darwin [Nunez], Harvey [Elliott], Dom [Szoboszlai], everybody there is very young, I need to help them to improve because this is part of football. Give experience to other young players and help them to improve and be better players, and hopefully they can learn from that. You can't win the Premier League alone, you can't win anything alone, so the others need to improve as well. That was one of the things. I'm talking to the guys more than before, I think. I try to understand their emotions because this is a really, really big part of the game, making a big job for the manager because I need to talk to them almost every day, and some players' heads go all over the place. I try to help them, because I'm sure when they are calm and they can play good and express themselves, they can help the team to win a trophy.

Have you changed in terms of how you are in the changing room? You're maybe more of a leader, more of a talker than you were in the past?

Yeah, usually I used to lead by example. Like, you'd see me walking in the gym, come in first and try to leave last — that was me. I'm still doing the same thing, but some extra things like you need to give your experience to the young players... if they want, because I'm not going to push young players if he doesn't want to. But I'm always saying, if you want to speak, I'm here, or if you want to discuss stuff.

Has something this season really lit a fire under you? Seeing you go to a whole new level now, is there something emotional maybe from the end of last season, something in the summer that has driven you to new heights?

I'm really, really motivated to win the Premier League. Maybe also the manager comes with different ideas that could help the team, because we'd been with Jurgen for seven years. Maybe things changed slightly, made us all want more, but that doesn't mean before that we didn't want to. But this is football, change also helps the team. I think I've never been motivated to win the Premier League like now.

How has the new manager changed things for you?

I think the way we play is completely different. With Jurgen, we always stuck to what we were doing, it doesn't matter what we do. Because we did that for seven or eight years, we are the best at doing it. The manager now has just changed slightly depending on the game, which we didn't do before. In my game, I think now the team relies on me a little bit more than before and I think, somehow it's helping to express myself and just play my game, and just improve in some parts.

How are things with you and Jurgen now?

It's fine, we text from time to time. We've texted in the last three months more than we've texted in the last seven years!

I did an interview with you before a previous United game and you said the team needed another title to underline its greatness. Do you think you personally need another title to underline what a great player you've been?

I don't know. I always try to give my best, whatever, if I win a trophy or not. My motivation this year was to win a trophy and be a big part of winning the trophy, especially the Premier League.

Just to really rubber stamp this Liverpool team as a great Premier League team?

Yeah, definitely. I think we need another one. We won almost everything, but we won it once, so hopefully we can win it twice, that would be great.

If you win the Premier League there's more of a chance of winning an individual award like the Ballon d'Or.

I think so, I think 90 per cent of the individual awards is for your performance and trophies with a team, so if you win something big with a team and you were a big part of that, I think you have a better chance to win the Ballon d'Or or other trophies.

You must be aware at the moment that your numbers are setting you on a path for perhaps the greatest-ever Premier League season that one individual has produced? You know that right, that the numbers are that good?

Yeah I saw it in the internet in the last few weeks. Honestly, the most important thing for me is to win the Premier League and be a big part of that. I don't want to be just like anyone and have a small part. I want to win it and I want people to say, 'he made the difference, he made the team win.' It's not easy at all. I've been in the situation last year and maybe the year before, it's a tricky situation. Arsenal is catching us, Chelsea is catching us, Forest is catching us, City will come back for sure, so it's very tricky. We just need to stay focused and just don't take it for granted and just keep working hard and hopefully we will win it in the end.

At this stage of the season, Cristiano Ronaldo has only once had better numbers. Lionel Messi only twice, ever, had better numbers. What do you think of that? Without wanting to sound arrogant, you would expect yourself to be at that level?

I always expect big things from myself, to be fair. I work really hard, very proud to see that to be fair. It's something that makes me very proud but I just need to stay humble and forget it now. The game on Sunday will make a big difference. I don't want it to be the end of the season and say I had unbelievable numbers but we didn't win anything. I want to win the trophy and have those big numbers, that would be great.

You said in your first answer (earlier in the interview) that this is your last season at the club, do you really believe that?

There is no progress. We are far away from any progress so we just need to wait and see.

How do you maintain the level you're maintaining with all that noise, with all that going on?

I think the thing in my head is like, 'OK, if this is your last six months or last year, what do you want to see in the future?' Do you want to look back and say, 'oh I was concerned about the contract, or I was stressed?' Or do I just want to say I had an unbelievable season, so that's in my head now. If I feel kind of distracted, I just remind myself, do I want to look back and say, 'oh I had an unbelievable season, and that's what I want to do.'

There's a chance for you to be remembered as Liverpool's greatest-ever player, not just one of them, but right up there above Kenny Dalglish and Steven Gerrard.

It's in my head to be fair but I always try, ok if you win the trophy and you make the team win it, you're probably going to be up there. So hopefully I make the difference and make the team win the trophy. But whatever I'm going to end my career with, there is always going to be discussions. People will prefer Stevie G, people will prefer me, people will prefer Kenny Dalglish. So you can't control that, because people will never agree on one player, but being in that conversation is a great thing, so it's something if I look back when I came here eight years ago, I would've never dreamed of. But then you start to dream and you have ambition, and yeah things change. I'm very proud to be in that conversation.