Independent

The five unanswered questions left after Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool return

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“Every manager makes different decisions on that.” Arne Slot returned Mohamed Salah to his squad but did not say if the Egyptian had apologised (Martin Rickett/PA Wire)Slot said the details of their conversation would remain private, which means it is not yet clear if Salah has withdrawn the extraordinary accusations he made at Elland Road, including that they no longer had a relationship, or apologised. Slot instead said he would treat Salah like everyone else.



That implied his preference was to have his status at Anfield restored.Is he in Slot’s first-choice team?Salah was the first substitute Slot summoned on Saturday. Nevertheless, Salah has not started any of Liverpool’s last five games: he was not taken to Milan, was named on the bench for the other four and left there for two of them.

Some elements have changed: on Monday, Slot said he had “no idea” if Salah had played his last game for Liverpool. Slot has said he expects Salah back after Afcon.