Arne Slot has conversations with Mo Salah
Slot gave the latest update in the Salah saga on Friday, with the coach saying the Egyptian’s participation against Brighton would be based on discussions with the player.
“I’ll speak to him today and the outcome of that conversation will determine what it will look like tomorrow,” the head coach explained.
“We’ve spoken a lot over the last week. After the Sunderland game, I think there’s been a lot of conversations between his representatives and our representatives, and between him and me after the Sunderland game.”
Slot also said the decision to leave him out of the squad and face Inter was a joint decision with sporting director Richard Hughes.
When asked directly whether he would want Salah to stay at Liverpool, Slot replied: “I have no reason not to want him to stay.”
In that case, whoever has to make the first move will probably have to start patching things up.
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Today’s Liverpool FC news
• Cody Agat And Wataru Endo will be out for “weeks”, Slot said – but Federico Chiesa Fortunately, he is training again after illness
• Liverpool FA Cup The third round tie at home to Barnsley will be played on Monday January 12 at 7.45pm (GMT) – and can be seen on TNT Sports in the UK
• Liverpool U19s have been drawn to play away to MSK Zilina U19s in Slovakia for their round of 32 tie in the UEFA Youth Competition – the game is scheduled for February 3 or 4
More from This is Anfield
With Salah’s future at stake, James Nalton has investigated why the Egyptian made his controversial comments and why he feels like someone wants him out of the club:
“Salah refers to ‘someone’ a few times. We do not know whether he knows who this is, but given the sporting structure and hierarchy at Liverpool, there could be more people, more people who make decisions at the club that affect players than just Arne Slot.”
“The mysterious entity in this scenario could be the sporting management team, which currently consists of Richard Hughes at club level and above him at FSG level Michael Edwards, who must take some of the blame for the way this has played out.”
READ: Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes can’t keep quiet as Arne Slot comes under scrutiny
Elsewhere in today’s football world
• Liverpool women lost 3-0 at Aston Villa on Thursday evening – the Reds are bottom of the WSL with just two points from ten games
• Michael Antonio has been training with Leicester for a year after suffering a broken leg in a car accident – good to hear he’s back playing football
• Arsenal have agreed to replace current sleeve sponsor ‘Visit Rwanda’ with HR company ‘Deel’ – the club has been widely criticized for their partnership with Rwanda, a country with a poor human rights record
Liverpool FC: On this day
On 12 December 1977, Liverpool played a friendly against St. Mirren at their old Paisley ground, Love Street, to commemorate their centenary.
The match finished 1–1 with Kenny Dalglish scoring before the Reds won a penalty shoot-out 5–4.
Phil Neal, Emlyn Hughes, Terry McDermott, Ray Kennedy and David Johnson all scored their penalties, while Ray Clemence saved Frank McGarvey’s penalty – the Glaswegian would later sign for Liverpool, making four appearances on the bench.
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