Mohamed Salah despatched out an announcement after the win over Brighton and dropped a message about his future, so it was no shock Arne Slot requested about his view on the social media submit.
On Sunday, Salah created fairly a stir when he took to social media to say: “High of the desk is the place this membership belongs. Nothing much less. All groups win matches however there’s just one champion ultimately. That’s what we wish.
“Thanks in your help final evening. It doesn’t matter what occurs, I’ll always remember what scoring at Anfield looks like.”
The final line definitely felt to many who it was a thinly veiled message about his contract scenario, and Slot couldn’t escape questions on his take throughout his press convention.
Requested what perception he might supply, Slot mentioned: “You interpreted it in the way in which possibly different individuals don’t. I don’t have a look at the Instagram posts of my gamers, I solely speak to them, which you’ll’t.
“That’s the benefit I’ve,” he mentioned earlier than jokingly including, “so long as Tony (press officer) retains hiding them, after which you possibly can’t speak to them.
“Mo is in an excellent place in the mean time. So long as he’s been right here at Liverpool, he’s been in an excellent place, however this season as properly.
“I’m hoping he’ll submit after tomorrow and Saturday once more, and what he says is, for me, not vital.
“The one factor that’s vital, for me, is how he performs and what he tells me when we now have conversations, and that’s what issues, not the way you interpret one in every of his posts.”
Slot was then pressed on if the submit was a reference to his future being away from Anfield and, after a chuckle, added: “Then I ought to’ve spoke to him about what he mentioned, if it was a reference.
“However I haven’t spoken about him, we’ve spoken about Leverkusen as a result of they deserve all of our consideration for the standard they’ve.
“So no, he’s out of contract on the finish of the season – and Virgil mentioned one thing within the press – and now he has a submit which you interpreted in a sure manner, and this may most likely proceed so long as their futures usually are not clear.
“However within the meantime, let’s hope they carry performances like Mo and Virgil had as properly throughout the weekend.”
How lengthy can Salah preserve his stage?
With a lot speak round Salah’s contract centred round his age, Slot was requested how lengthy he thinks the 32-year-old can proceed on the stage he’s at.
He mentioned: “There’s no purpose in the mean time to assume he’s dropping when it comes to his stage. That’s not what you see once you have a look at his numbers or see him play.
“I don’t know say this in English, however I can not let you know how the long run will look.
“For some gamers, Cristiano Ronaldo – what age is he? – he’s nonetheless doing rather well, Messi continues to be unimaginable, unimaginable.
“However there have been additionally gamers, like me!, who weren’t pretty much as good anymore after they have been 33 – not that I used to be so good after I was 26!
“I don’t know what the long run will deliver, however what I do know is that Mo is in an excellent place in the mean time.”
