After a frantic end to the transfer window, this is no time for Jurgen Klopp to but his feet up and his attention must now turn to Mohamed Salah.
The Liverpool star wants to become the best-paid player in the Premier League - which would cost the club £80m.
Klopp must turn his focus to Salah and his contract demands after a wild transfer window end that saw the signing of Luis Diaz.
The Colombia international has signed from Porto in a deal potentially worth £50m and could have a major impact on a contract impasse at Anfield that has gripped the club.
Salah is keen to sign a new contract that will make him the best-paid player in the Premier League.
What has been demanded is a deal worth £80m over four year but Liverpool have been reluctant to cave into his demands yet.
That would amount to over £400,000-a-week for a player that will be 33 by the time it expires - for comparison, Virgil van Dijk is the highest earner at Anfield currently on £220,000-a-week.
The deal would see Salah double his money while fans are desperate to see him stay at the club, further putting pressure on Liverpool to cave into his demands.
That is despite the Egypt international playing out of his skin this season, scoring 23 times in 26 appearances with many regarding him as the best player in the world currently.
And the 29-year-old is refusing to budge over his contract demands despite his current deal expiring in the summer of 2023.
With just 18 months left until his terms come to an end, Liverpool are in a sticky situation - though the signing of Diaz could help alleviate some pressure they were under.
For what its worth, Klopp is also keen on the Reds to tie Salah down to a new contract but the matter is not that simple.
Diaz’s arrival, along with Harvey Elliott and Diogo Jota, appear to be in line for Liverpool’s ‘new generation’ of elite attackers as Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino enter their 30s.
The best case scenario for the Merseyside outfit would be Salah lowering his contract demands and penning his long-term future to the side.
And that might depend on Klopp privately speaking to the former Roma star and applying that cool charisma that has made him a Liverpool legend.
But as Salah continues to put in match-winning performances, that will only embolden the forward further and it the Reds might just have to pay up.
The £80m cost is a significant punch to their finances - but signing a player that can replicate his impact on the pitch will make that figure look like loose change.
