Arne Slot responds to Mohamed Salah’s cryptic message about Liverpool future
The boss has had his say.
Arne Slot insisted he was not concerned about Mohamed Salah’s cryptic social media post which appeared to drop a hint about his Liverpool future.
Alongside fellow key players Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah is in the last year of his contract and has long been linked with a lucrative transfer to the Saudi Pro League.
Though the winger will turn 33 next summer, he remains a vital part of Liverpool’s team, recording nine goals and seven assists in just 15 appearances across all competitions.
Having scored the winner as the Reds came from behind to beat Brighton on Saturday Salah appeared to hint again at his uncertain Anfield future on social media.
‘Top of the table is where this club belongs. Nothing less,’ he posted on social media. All teams win matches but there’s only 1 champion in the end. That’s what we want.
‘Thank you for your support last night. No matter what happens, I will never forget what scoring at Anfield feels like.’
But asked about Salah’s cryptic comments ahead of their Champions League tie with Bayer Leverkusen, Slot appeared unfazed.
‘You interpret in a way that other people maybe don’t,’ he said. ‘I don’t look at Instagram posts of the players, I only talk to them, which you can’t! So that is the advantage I have.
‘Mo is in a very good place at the moment, as long as he’s been at Liverpool he’s been in a good place but this season again as well. I’m hoping he can post one after tomorrow and Saturday again and what he says for that it’s not important for me.
‘[What’s important for me] is how he plays and what he tells me when we have conversations and that’s what matter and not how you guys interpet one of his posts.
‘If it was [a reference to his future] then I should have spoken about he said. We have only spoken about Leverkusen because that team deserve all our attention for the quality they have.
‘He is out of contract at the end of the season and Virgil said something in the past and now he has a post which you interpret in a certain way, this will probably continue for as long as their futures are not clear.
‘But in the meantime let’s hope they bring in the performances like Mo and Virgil had as well at the weekend.’
Elsewhere, the Reds were handed a boost after Slot confirmed that Ibrahima Konate had fully recovered from the knock that forced him to come off at half-time against Brighton.
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