Liverpool hero Phil Thompson says management should push to secure Mohamed Salah to a new contract in January.

Salah's current contract is set to expire in the summer of 2023.

Thompson told the Daily Express: "I think that is a must, I think that should be high on the agenda.

"It worries me. I'd just like to hope if Mo's loving Liverpool like he says he does, I'm hoping that surely there's a deal there for his agent and the football club to say 'yes, he's more than happy with that'.

"He's going to be nearly 31 when his contract's up. If he's thinking of moving then, somebody who is going to be purchasing Mo, paying big salaries. He's not a 27-year-old, 28-year-old - he's going to be 31.

"So I think hopefully he sees his best years still being at Liverpool.

"Everybody should try to make it work, if everybody is concentrated on it.

"But I think it's got to be done in January, if it doesn't get done in January, this thing of 'it's alright, we've still got a bit to go' - no.

"If it gets into the summer, I for one will be panicking very, very much."