Salah relationship not broken, says Liverpool boss Slot

Arne Slot insisted his relationship with Mohamed Salah has not broken down even after dropping the star striker during Liverpool’s visit to Inter Milan in the Champions League.

«I don’t feel that way, but he has the right to feel how he feels things. I didn’t feel that at all,» Liverpool coach Slot told the supporters.

The Egyptian striker was not taken to Italy despite training earlier in the day with the first team, after he said he felt he had been «thrown under the bus» by the club and no longer had a relationship with Slot.

Salah made the comments after being left on the bench for the third game in a row in a 3-3 draw against Leeds.

Asked whether Salah, who has scored 250 times for Liverpool since joining from Roma in 2017, had played his last game for the Reds, Slot said: «I have no idea.»

“I cannot answer that question at the moment,” said Slot. “He has every right to feel what he feels, but he has no right to share it with the media.”

Liverpool are struggling in ninth place in the Premier League and are in a crisis of form, which has only been exacerbated by Salah’s criticism of Slot.

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Liverpool have won just four times in 15 games in all competitions and are 13th in the Champions League with nine points after being beaten 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven in their most recent European outing.

Salah is the club’s highest-paid player in history. He signed a new contract in April and played a key role in Liverpool’s two Premier League titles and one Champions League victory during his iconic spell on Merseyside.

But Salah has been a shadow of his former self during Liverpool’s struggles this season – the Premier League champions now sit ninth in the table – with just four goals in 13 top-flight games.

Published on December 9, 2025