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Arne Slot’s tough stance on Mohamed Salah leaves Liverpool star with one option

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He elaborated: “We have let him know that he is not travelling with us. “That is not the way I feel, but he has the right to feel how he feels things,” he said.



Salah has been sidelined for Liverpool’s trip to Milan despite training on Monday (Tim Markland/PA Wire)And, as Slot has got the backing of both the Liverpool powerbrokers and his other charges, with goalkeeper Alisson saying they believed in his knowledge and style of play, that may require Salah to accept he was in the wrong.Slot insisted that while he is not weak, he is not weakened either. “Then I should know what he exactly means with it,” he said.

“That’s why it’s difficult for me and why he says it and who he’s referring to.”Slot said he had ‘no clue’ if Salah would play for the club again (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Alisson was in a position to offer some perspective. “Him not being available is just a consequence of what he did and he is smart enough to know that.”Alisson was otherwise effusive in his praise for Salah.