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Slot and Salah having talks with future in balance

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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Mo Salah's bombshell interview after Liverpool's draw with Leeds The club subsequently decided to drop him from the travelling squad which won 1-0 at Inter Milan on Tuesday, the same day Salah posted a photograph on Instagram of himself training alone at the training ground gym.When asked on Friday whether Salah had played his final game for the club, Slot said: "I will have a conversation with Mo this morning. Slot: I have no reason to not want Salah to staySlot was quizzed on his personal desire about Salah's future at Anfield and the head coach also clarified the decision-making process behind omitting Salah from Tuesday's win in Milan, which was made jointly between himself and the club.He said: "[Who decides] if he's in the squad, yes or no?



This club has won a lot of games with him."'Slot taking heat out of a drama he could have done without'SSN reporter Vinny O'Connor at the AXA training centre:"'I have no reasons not wanting him to stay here,' was as far as Arne Slot would go regarding his current position on the Mo Salah situation."And there's evidence to back that up in the actions Slot is planning to take. That heat will die down further with Salah off to AFCON once the Brighton game is out of the way."Salah was at the training ground as normal today and whatever happens this weekend, Liverpool will then be without him until January at the very least."With Slot saying he doesn't want him to go, what move will Salah make to ensure that doesn't become a permanent arrangement?"Merse: Liverpool owe trophy debt to Salah Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Paul Merson sides with Mohamed Salah after his explosive interview - in which he took aim at Arne Slot - led to him being left out of Liverpool's squad for the win over Inter Milan.

Paul Merson has defended Mohamed Salah following his claims that Liverpool have "thrown him under the bus", suggesting the club's trophy cabinet would be a lot emptier without the Egyptian."I'm on Mo Salah's side. I think he's gotten too much stick."Maybe he shouldn't have done what he did, but he's a human being.