It’s been quite a few days for Liverpool, with Salah dividing opinion after his explosive comments about being thrown under the bus and his fractured relationship with Arne Slot.
The Egyptian is fit on Monday and trains normally, but was one of eight players not named in the traveling squad:
Salah is the notable name not included for the Italy match, with his comments enough to get him dropped entirely after starting the last three matches on the bench.
Slot revealed that there have been no discussions with the Egyptian other than to inform him that he would not travel, with the situation to be “re-examined” ahead of Brighton’s visit.
again, Church And are new additions to the list of absentees, with all three unable to train on Monday despite their inclusion or involvement against Leeds.
There was no update on Endo’s condition, but Chiesa is sick. He has an outside chance to travel on the day of the match to join the selection, but that is not what Slot expects.
As for Gakpo, his problem was not explained by Slot, but he did say that he “unfortunately suffered an injury in our last match we played against Leeds and he will be out for a few weeks.”
is nearing a return as he continues his individual training programme, but he is not yet ready to make a comeback to the matchday squad and has remained on Merseyside.
A 19-man squad traveled to Italy and Slot has limited attacking options following the omission of Salah, Chiesa’s illness and Gakpo’s injury.
Liverpool predicted XI vs. Inter Milan – Ekitike and Isak start after Salah retired
The available squad of Liverpool vs. Inter Milan
Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman
Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Lucky, Bradley, Kerkez, Robertson
Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Nyoni
Salah, Wirtz, Isak, Ekitike, Ngumoha
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