Robbie Fowler scored 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool and had no doubts about how the club should handle Salah’s future.

Speaking on Amazon Prime, Fowler said: “Salah’s stats and data are incredible. We talked about him getting this new contract and his agent should be there first thing the next morning to get him to sign this contract.”

“He is the player who can change a game. He has moments and in those moments he is extraordinary. He’s a match winner.”

Salah’s impressive second half means he has now scored goals and provided assists in 37 Premier League games, overtaking Wayne Rooney (36) as the player who has done so the most in the competition.

Salah has scored in each of his last seven Premier League games, with the Egyptian becoming just the third player alongside Jamie Vardy and his new Leicester coach Ruud van to record two separate runs of seven or more consecutive games in the competition Nistelrooy then scored.

Salah has scored 325 goals and assists in 370 games for Liverpool since joining from Roma in 2017, and only legendary captain Steven Gerrard (92) has more than his 76 assists for the club in the Premier League.

With a total of 168 Premier League goals for Liverpool, Salah is by far the club’s leader. Combined with the two goals he scored for Chelsea, Salah sits eighth on the all-time charts, just five behind Arsenal star Thierry Henry.