Arne Slot press conference LIVE - Mohamed Salah statement, Alisson latest, Liverpool team news

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SportFootballLiverpool FCLIVEUpdated 5 mins agoArne Slot will face the media in a pre-match press conference for the final time this season ahead of Liverpool's clash with BrentfordArne Slot will hold a Liverpool press conference at 9am this morning(Image: LFCTV)It has been a long, often tortuous season for Liverpool and Arne Slot, but now the end is in sight.The curtain will come down on the 2025/26 campaign on Sunday - unless an unlikely Champions League play-off is needed - after the Reds take on Brentford at Anfield, with Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson saying their goodbyes to the club after the game.Tributes will be paid to the duo who have become Anfield legends, but Slot and his players will know that they have a job to do first and foremost, with Liverpool potentially ending the campaign in fourth should they pick up a victory.The Dutchman will be speaking to the assembled media from 9am, and our very own Ian Doyle and Paul Gorst will be amongst them.‌Today08:14 BSTLiverpool injury latestAlexander Isak and Jeremie Frimpong became Liverpool's latest absentees when they sat out Friday's dreadful 4-2 loss at Aston Villa with minor muscle problems which Arne Slot is hopeful could see overcome in time for the weekend.An ongoing question for the Reds is whether Alisson Becker is able to return having missed the last 10 games with a hamstring problem. Giorgi Mamardashvili is on standby to again deputise although Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has intimated Alisson should be available.Mohamed Salah and Florian Wirtz both returned on the bench at Villa having had brief spells on the sidelines.

Liverpool boss Slot is expected to reveal more when he addresses the media this morning ahead of Sunday's game.Hugo Ekitike faces a long period of rehabilitation after undergoing surgery last month on the Achilles tendon rupture suffered against Paris Saint-Germain.Conor Bradley is out for the season after a knee operation in January, while teenage centre-back Giovanni Leoni is also missing until the summer following ACL surgery in September.Wataru Endo, meanwhile, is continuing to recover from an ankle operation he underwent in February but has been named in the Japan squad for next month's World Cup.Youngsters Stefan Bajcetic and Jayden Danns haven't featured in the Premier League this season and are unlikely to do so.Today08:10 BSTTribute magazines to Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson out nowLiverpool have released two tribute magazines celebrating Liverpool legends Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.These updated LFC ICONS magazines tell the story of the departing duo's incredible careers with the Reds over the past nine seasons.Each edition includes fantastic photographs and fascinating archive interviews from the matchday programme and club magazine.Buy each of these must-have club souvenirs HERE for Salah and HERE for Robertson.The front cover of the Mohamed Salah specialToday08:10 BSTOh Andy, AndyWe've not had a chance to speak to Mohamed Salah before his final appearance in a Liverpool shirt.But we were part of a select group of journalists who were invited to spend some time with Andy Robertson on Wednesday.A huge part of Liverpool's success under Jurgen Klopp and then Arne Slot last season, Robertson spoke openly about a number of topics.You can read part 1 of the interview HERE and part 2 HERE.Andy Robertson will bring his Liverpool career to an end this weekend(Image: Getty Images)Today08:10 BSTGood morningAnd welcome to our live coverage of Liverpool's final press conference of the season.Head coach Arne Slot will be with us at 9am.And it's safe to say Mohamed Salah will be on the agenda.He was always going to be, given Sunday's last-day showdown with Brentford at Anfield, is Salah's and fellow modern-day legend Andy Robertson's last game for the club.But the Egyptian's latest bombshell statement, which acted as a thinly-veiled dig to Slot, will surely be addressed this morning at the AXA Training Centre.Paul Gorst and Ian Doyle will soon be in place at the Reds' training ground to bring you live updates.