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Mohamed Salah has stirred the pot one final time before his last game for Liverpool next weekend - but what does it all mean for the Reds and Arne Slot?It's probably the last hat-trick of Mohamed Salah's outstanding Liverpool career. He's proud of playing for Liverpool, wants them to succeed after his departure next week and the Reds shouldn't be losing quite so many as they have this term.
Twelve in the Premier League alone, which has left them in very real danger of missing out on Champions League qualification.But the suggestion Liverpool should return to heavy metal football was a less-than-subtle dig at the more measured approach from current head coach Arne Slot that, as the Reds have stumbled throughout the season, has at times bored even the Dutchman.READ MORE: Man City reliance sees Liverpool's dreadful season hit new low as critical week arrivesREAD MORE: Alexander Isak injury update awaited as Liverpool's Champions League picture becomes clearSo continues the conflict that has bubbled between the duo ever since Salah reacted poorly to being benched back in December.Almost every squad player by that point had been dropped due to Liverpool's desperate run of nine defeats in 12 games, so to make it about himself was a selfish misstep. But Salah's inference earlier this month standards could slip after his departure clearly irked Slot, who reminded everyone that "the standards are not only important in the gym - it’s also on the pitch".Statistics paint a curious picture regards Salah's contribution there this season.
Since then, Liverpool haven't won a game.Liverpool's problems, though, run much deeper than a fading Salah and fraught Slot. Part of the discontent with supporters is such a reaction should be shown on the pitch rather than social media.But that it is even being highlighted as mutiny within the dressing room indicates how matters have unravelled since the championship was secured on arguably the greatest daytime event in Anfield's history less than 13 months ago.Most expected Salah to drop a few hand grenades on the way out of the club - in the modern age, there is a brand to protect after all - but the timing of this latest one should be called into question given the importance of next weekend's final game at home to Brentford.Should Liverpool fail - most probably with Salah playing some part in the game - to secure Champions League qualification, then it will greatly test the faith FSG continue to show in Slot guiding Liverpool out of this mess.
