Arne Slot had an emphatic response to the press this afternoon when he was quizzed about Mo Salah’s future at Liverpool following a social media submit from the Egyptian over the weekend.
After scoring the Reds’ profitable aim towards Brighton on Saturday amid ongoing uncertainty over his contract scenario on Merseyside, the 32-year-old shared a tweet which contained the sentence: ‘It doesn’t matter what occurs, I’ll always remember what scoring at Anfield appears like’.
Because it stands, our quantity 11 will probably be a free agent on the finish of this season, with potential suitors capable of strategy him a few potential pre-contract settlement from January.
Slot refusing to be drawn on Salah’s contract scenario
When Slot was requested about Salah’s social media message, he shot again (through liverpoolfc.com): “You interpreted in a approach possibly different individuals don’t. I don’t take a look at the Instagram posts of my gamers. I solely speak to them, which you’ll be able to’t, so that’s the benefit I’ve…
“Mo is in an excellent place in the intervening time. So long as he has been right here at Liverpool he has been in an excellent place however this season once more as nicely. I hope he’ll submit one after tomorrow [v Leverkusen] and on Saturday once more [v Aston Villa] and what he says with that for me will not be essential.
“The one factor that’s essential for me is how he performs and what he tells me when we now have conversations and that’s what issues and never the way you guys interpret certainly one of his posts.”
When requested whether or not he thought Salah could have been hinting that he sees his future away from Liverpool, Slot replied: “Then I ought to have spoken to him about what he mentioned if that was a reference – or sure, or no. However I haven’t spoken about him, we’ve spoken about Leverkusen as a result of that group deserves all of our consideration for the standard they’ve.”
Please signal a brand new deal quickly, Mo!
It’s no shock that Slot refuses to be drawn on the fragile matter of Salah’s contract scenario, significantly when negotiations could also be happening within the background (or so Liverpool followers would hope).
What we are able to safely assume is that the Reds’ head coach will probably be praying that the Egyptian indicators a brand new deal at Anfield, having already discovered the web 9 instances for the reason that Dutchman took cost originally of this season.
The uncomfortable actuality is that, for so long as the matter is unresolved, any cryptic feedback – both in particular person or on-line – and even any refined physique language hints are certain to be interpreted as indicators which level in direction of the 32-year-old both staying or going.
We are able to solely hope that Salah pens a brand new deal quickly so that every one the nervousness surrounding his future will lastly dissipate. At the very least his performances on the pitch recommend that he’s nonetheless all-in on the Liverpool trigger!
