Arne Slot holds talks with Mo Salah & 3 fitness updates – Latest Liverpool FC News
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Arne Slot has held talks with Mo Salah about the future and his inclusion against Brighton, while three fitness updates were also offered by the Liverpool head coach. Slot provided the latest update in the Salah saga on Friday, with the coach saying that the Egyptian’s inclusion against Brighton would be based on talks with the player.
Asked directly if he would like Salah to stay at Liverpool, Slot replied: “I have no reason not to want him to stay.” In that case, whoever it is who has to make the first step, they should probably start patching things up. Read more here Today’s Liverpool FC News • Cody Gakpo and Wataru Endo will be out for “weeks” still, said Slot – but Federico Chiesa is thankfully back in training after illness • Liverpool’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to Barnsley will be played at 7.45pm (GMT) on Monday, January 12 – and it’s on TNT Sports in the UK • Liverpool U19s have been drawn an away trip to MSK Zilina U19s in Slovakia for their round-of-32 tie in the UEFA Youth League – the game is set for February 3 or 4 More from This Is Anfield With Salah’s future in question, James Nalton has assessed why the Egyptian made his controversial comments and why he feels as though someone may want him out of the club: “Salah refers a couple of times to ‘someone’.
Whether he himself knows who this is, we don’t know, but given the sporting structure and hierarchy at Liverpool, there are more people it could be, more people making decisions at the club that affect players than just Arne Slot. “The mysterious entity in this scenario could be the sporting direction team, consisting currently of Richard Hughes at club level and above him at FSG level, Michael Edwards, who must take some of the blame for the way this has panned out.” READ: Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes cannot stay silent while Arne Slot faces scrutiny Elsewhere in the football world today • Liverpool Women lost 3-0 away at Aston Villa on Thursday night – the Reds are bottom of the WSL with just two points from 10 matches • Michail Antonio has been training with Leicester a year after suffering a broken leg in a car crash – good to hear he is back playing football • Arsenal have agreed to replace current sleeve sponsor ‘Visit Rwanda’ with HR company ‘Deel’ – the club have been widely criticised for their partnership with Rwanda, a country with a poor human rights record Liverpool FC: On this day On December 12, 1977 Liverpool played a friendly against St.