Liverpool: Mohamed Salah reported for Liverpool training on Tuesday as doubts continued to grow about the star striker´s future at the Premier League champions.
The Egypt forward was left out of Liverpool´s squad for their Champions League tie at Inter Milan on Tuesday following his extraordinary public criticism of Reds manager Arne Slot after he was left on the bench for the third consecutive game.
Salah drove himself to Liverpool´s training base in Kirkby on Tuesday and posted an Instagram picture of himself in the facility´s gym. The 33-year-old said after the 3-3 draw with Leeds on Sunday that he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and no longer had a relationship with Slot, sparking reports the Egyptian could be on his way out of Anfield in January despite signing a new contract in April.
Saudi clubs are reportedly preparing to make offers for Salah. Asked at a pre-match press conference in Milan on Monday, whether Salah, who has scored 250 times for Liverpool since signing from Roma in 2017, had played his last game for the Reds, Slot replied: “I have no clue.
“I cannot answer that question at this point in time. “He has every right to feel what he feels, but he doesn´t have the right to share it with the media.” Salah, who was not even used as a substitute at Elland Road, is set to depart for the Africa Cup of Nations after next weekend´s home match against Brighton in the Premier League.
He said he was “very, very disappointed” to have again been named among the substitutes at Leeds, adding: “I got a lot of promises in the summer and so far I am on the bench for three games so I can´t say they keep the promise.
“I said many times before that, I had a good relationship with the manager and all of a sudden we don´t have any relationship. “I don´t know why but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn´t want me in the club.”
Salah made his explosive comments in the midst of a dismal season for both him and Liverpool. The Reds have won just four times in 15 matches in all competitions and sit 13th in the Champions League with nine points after being thumped 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven in their most recent European outing.
Salah has played a key role in Liverpool´s two Premier League titles and one Champions League triumph during his iconic spell on Merseyside. But he has been a shadow of his former self during Liverpool´s struggles this season -- the title-holders are 10th in the table -- with just four goals in 13 top-flight appearances.
Liverpool boss Slot says Salah relationship not broken Arne Slot insisted that his relationship with Mohamed Salah has not broken down even after dropping the star attacker from Liverpool´s trip to face Inter Milan in the Champions League.
“That´s not the way I feel but he has the right to feel how he feels things. I haven´t felt that at all,” said Liverpool coach Slot to supporters. The Egypt forward was not taken to Italy despite training earlier in the day with the first team, after saying he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus” by the club and no longer had a relationship with Slot.
Salah made those comments after he was left on the bench for the third consecutive game in a 3-3 draw against Leeds. Asked whether Salah, who has scored 250 times for Liverpool since signing from Roma in 2017, had played his last game for the Reds, Slot said: “I have no clue.”
“I cannot answer that question at this moment in time,” added Slot. “He has every right to feel what he feels, but he doesn´t have the 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 made worse by Salah´s criticism of Slot.
Liverpool have won just four times in 15 matches in all competitions and sit 13th in the Champions League with nine points after being thumped 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven in their most recent European outing.
Salah is the club´s highest-paid player in history, having signed a new contract in April, and played a key role in Liverpool´s two Premier League titles and one Champions League triumph 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 are now ninth in the table -- with just four goals in 13 top-flight appearances.
