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Under-fire Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet vows to become a leader after signing new deal
SIMON MIGNOLET vowed to become a leader after Liverpool displayed their faith in the under-fire goalkeeper by agreeing a new contract that will run until 2021.
Simon Mignolet signed a new five-year deal at Liverpool keeping at the club until 2021
The Belgium international has come under renewed scrutiny for his performances this season and the reasoning behind the lengthy extension was being openly debated among supporters last night. Liverpool may consider the new five-and-a-half-year deal protects Mignolet's market value, yet his previous contract was only due to expire in the summer of 2018.
Mignolet overlooked the furore and insisted his best years are ahead of him, saying: "I know signing a new contract comes with new responsibility.