Arne Slot has not spoken to Mohamed Salah since the Liverpool star\u2019s stinging public criticism of the club, apart from telling him he was out of the squad for the Champions League game against Inter Milan.<\/p>\n
Salah was omitted from the 19-player squad that traveled to Italy for Tuesday’s match, despite seeming to be in good spirits at training earlier.<\/p>\n
“We let him know that he\u2019s not traveling with us. So that was the only communication that\u2019s been there from us to him,” Liverpool coach Slot said as he was inundated by questions about Salah in his pre-match press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n
Slot added that the Egypt forward’s reaction was “a short one.”<\/p>\n
Salah lashed out Saturday after he was benched for the third game in a row, saying it “seems like the club has thrown me under the bus”, and he doesn\u2019t have “any relationship” with Slot.<\/p>\n
The Dutchman Slot said Monday: “That\u2019s not the way I feel, but he has the right to feel how he feels things. I haven\u2019t felt that at all until Saturday evening, for sure, because I think when I didn\u2019t play him anymore, usually players don\u2019t like the manager then that much, but he was very respectful to my staff members, to his teammates, and he trained really hard.<\/p>\n
“So to an extent it was a surprise for me that when I heard after the game he gave the comments he gave. But it\u2019s not the first and not the last time that when a player doesn\u2019t play \u2014 I\u2019m not sure if he was emotional or not \u2014 he says something similar to what he did. But I think my reaction to that is also clear and that\u2019s that he\u2019s not here with us tonight.”<\/p>\n
Salah has won two Premier League titles and the Champions League during a trophy-laden eight years at Anfield. He signed a two-year contract extension in April just before he received his second Premier League player of the season award.<\/p>\n
He is due to go to the Africa Cup of Nations this month with Egypt before the transfer window opens in January.<\/p>\n
Slot said the outburst doesn\u2019t necessarily signal the end of Salah\u2019s time at the club.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m a firm believer that there\u2019s always a possibility to return for a player,” he said. “I can leave it with that I think.”<\/p>\n
Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n
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