Arne Slot sends message to Mohamed Salah after Liverpool social media scrub

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With just one open-play goal in the league all season, Salah’s position in the Liverpool line-up has come in for question, with Jamie Carragher suggesting that last year’s Golden Boot winner should no longer be an automatic starter for the Reds. Get personalised updates on Liverpool every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter.

Salah also removed a picture of Liverpool’s Premier League title celebrations from the header on his X profile, while he changed the profile picture from him in a Liverpool shirt holding the Premier League trophy to one where he is with his two children on a beach. Salah has scored just one open-play league goal this season (Picture: Getty) But addressing Salah’s quiet start to the season, Slot suggested that other factors could be at play, and said he had no concerns that the Egyptian’s poor form will go on for much longer. ‘I don’t know if it’s sharpness.

Slot suggested that Trent Alexander-Arnold’s departure could have affected Salah (Picture: Getty) ‘The main thing is Mo has always scored his goals for our club. The last thing I worry about is Mo start to score goals again because that’s what he does his whole life and that’s what I expect him to do in the upcoming weeks and months for our club.’ Slot also suggested that the lack of consistency at right-back could be a problem for Salah, after he enjoyed a superb partnership with Trent Alexander-Arnold for several years prior to the Englishman’s departure for Real Madrid in the summer. ‘Maybe his whole Liverpool player he played with Trent, so it could (be that),’ the Dutchman added. ‘But he’s been in promising positions often enough to score goals, maybe with Trent even more. ‘But in general, if you have quite a few changes in the summer then everyone has to find new connections again.