Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confirmed he will hold face-to-face talks with Mohamed Salah on Friday morning and says he has no reason for the forward to leave.
Salah made headlines following Liverpool’s 3-3 Premier League draw at Leeds United as he claims he’s been thrown under the bus by the Reds and that his relationship with head coach Slot had completely broken down after being left as an unused substitute for the second time in three games.
He also hinted that the visit of Brighton & Hove Albion tomorrow (Saturday) could be his last match for the club.
After the game, Salah will link up with his Egypt international team-mates in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco and will not return to Merseyside until January, by which point the transfer window will have reopened.
Having been omitted from the 19-man Liverpool squad that travelled to Italy on Monday for their Champions League clash with Inter Milan, Salah’s future at Liverpool has been questioned.
Mohamed Salah looks on form the bench prior to the Premier League match between Liverpool and Sunderland. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
However, And Slot, whose side beat Inter 1-0 on Tuesday without Salah has clarified the situation of things.
He said at his press conference on Friday morning: “I will have a conversation with him this morning and the outcome of that conversation will determine how it looks tomorrow.
“What I need is a conversation with him and the next time I speak about Mo should be with him and not in here. There’s not much more I can say. I speak to him today and the outcome determines how things will look tomorrow.
“You can try (the question) in multiple ways but I just said the next time I speak about him should be with him. I think there’s been a lot of conversations since the last week between his representatives and ours.
“An apology? Normally I’d say you’ve had your three questions!”
Slot added: “Who made the call (to leave Salah out of squad for Inter)? I think we decided as a club and I was part of that not to take him to Inter. I am always in contact with them with line up and squads, that is always left to me. I talk to Richard Hughes more than Michael Edwards, we speak about many things.
“Do I want him to stay? Another way of asking but the next time I speak about Mo will be with him. I have no reasons not to want him to stay.”
