In a way, it is baffling that Liverpool fans are still unsure whether the game at Anfield tomorrow will be a farewell as Mohamed Salah suggested last Saturday. The key line from Slot was his insistence that he has "no reasons to not want [Salah] to stay".
In a way, it is baffling that Liverpool fans are still unsure whether the game at Anfield tomorrow will be a farewell as Mohamed Salah suggested last Saturday.
But Thursday was a day off for the Liverpool players and Salah did not travel to Milan so it makes sense that crunch talks between Arne Slot and Salah will take place on Friday morning at the training centre.
The key line from Slot was his insistence that he has "no reasons to not want [Salah] to stay".
That suggests the door is very much open for Salah to play again for Liverpool, whether that comes tomorrow against Brighton or after the Africa Cup of Nations.
Asked by BBC Sport whether he still had a relationship with Salah after the Egyptian had said otherwise, Slot laughed and insisted that it would be "useless" for him to answer.
He repeatedly said the next time he should speak about Salah should be with the 33-year-old and that was indicative of what a gruelling week it has been for Liverpool. For Slot, understandably there is no point inflaming the situation further.
On Tuesday, the understanding was that Salah was excluded from the squad for a short period of time.
But even if it is unlikely, Slot implied that there is still a possibility that Salah may be back in for Saturday's game.
That alone indicates that there may be a happy ending to a truly ugly state of affairs.
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