Consequences for Mohamed Salah: The star striker is not in the squad for the Champions League duel at Inter Milan after his self-initiated dispute with English soccer champions FC Liverpool. This emerges from the Reds’ squad, which was published before the game against last year’s Italian finalists on Tuesday (9 p.m./DAZN).
The Egyptian had previously taken part in his team’s final training session. At the beginning of the session, Salah was one of the players who were briefed by team manager Arne Slot – Salah had massively criticized the Dutchman during his appearance on Saturday evening after the 3-3 draw at Leeds United. Former Leipzig player Dominik Szoboszlai, who took over Salah’s place in the first eleven, hugged the striker during the session. As they warmed up, the two talked and laughed. Salah also exchanged ideas and joked with Alexander Isak.
Salah had described his relationship with Slot in Leeds as broken. “It feels like the club has thrown me under the bus,” he said, hinting at a farewell. The British press wrote of a “civil war”. The reason for the trouble: Salah was not in the starting line-up in the last three league games.
Is Salah’s farewell to Liverpool approaching?
The 33-year-old is apparently already thinking about a change in the winter. He asked his parents to come to the league game against Brighton, the Reds’ last home game before Salah leaves for the Africa Cup of Nations with Egypt. “I don’t know if I’ll play or not, but I want to enjoy it,” he said. He wants to “enjoy the game because I don’t know what will happen now” and he will be at Anfield “to say goodbye to the fans. I don’t know what will happen after that.”
After moving from AS Roma to England in 2017, Salah won the championship twice with Liverpool and the Champions League once. The striker, who only signed a new, high-paying two-year contract in April, has long been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.
