Liverpool remain relaxed about Mohamed Salah’s future and expect the forward to stay next season, when he will enter the final 12 months of his contract.

Salah’s touchline row with ­Jürgen Klopp at West Ham on Saturday, when he refused to shake the Liverpool manager’s hand before coming on as a substitute, prompted speculation over the Egypt international’s future and fresh questions over whether he will look to move to Saudi Arabia this summer.

However, Salah has given no ­indication he wishes to leave and Liverpool fully expect him to remain an important part of their plans under Arne Slot, who is close to being ­confirmed as Klopp’s ­successor. Liverpool view the touchline spat as a sign of Salah’s unhappiness at being dropped after the derby defeat at Everton rather than evidence of wider discontent.

Salah’s lucrative contract is worth a basic £350,000 a week and the club believe it will be honoured. ­Liverpool, who rejected a world-record deal rising to £150m from Al-Ittihad for their leading goalscorer last summer, could try to extend Salah’s hugely ­successful Anfield career rather than lose him on a free in 2025.

Virgil van Dijk and Trent ­Alexander-Arnold also enter the final 12 months of their contracts this summer and the incoming sporting director, Richard Hughes, will be tasked with securing their long-term futures.

Salah, who turns 32 in June, did not push for a move to the Saudi Pro League amid Al-Ittihad’s ­persistent interest last year. ­Liverpool are ­confident that will also be the case this summer, should Saudi clubs pursue him again. The Egypt ­international has 24 goals this ­season but has­ ­struggled since returning from a hamstring injury sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations in ­January that brought the first extended layoff of his Liverpool career.