Liverpool boss Arne Slot talks to the unhappy Mohamed Salah

Liverpool boss Arne Slot said he would speak to Mohamed Salah on Friday morning before deciding on the striker’s availability for this weekend’s match against Brighton.

Salah accused Liverpool of throwing him «under the bus» and said he had no relationship with the Dutch manager after he was left on the bench for last week’s 3-3 draw with Leeds – the third straight match he did not start.

The 33-year-old did not travel to Tuesday’s Champions League match against Inter Milan, which Liverpool won 1-0, and posted a photo on social media of himself alone in a gym at the club’s training ground.

«I have a conversation with Mo this morning, the outcome of that conversation determines what it will look like tomorrow,» Slot said at his press conference before the match.

«I think the next time I talk about Mo it should be with him and not here. You can keep trying, but there’s not much more to say.»

“After the game with Sunderland (a 1-1 draw earlier this month in which Salah came on as a substitute) there were a lot of conversations between his representatives and ours, between him and me.”

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Slot batted away further questions from reporters about the attacker, but said: “I have no reasons not to want him to stay, and that is somewhat an answer to your question.”

Salah will join the Egypt squad for the Africa Cup of Nations after the Brighton match at Anfield.

The striker, third in Liverpool’s all-time scoring charts, has won two Premier League titles and one Champions League victory during his time on Merseyside. But he has scored just four goals in 13 Premier League appearances this season.

Liverpool, which won the twentieth English league title last season, is in tenth place after a poor series of results.

Published on December 12, 2025