Mohamed Salah will not be distracted regardless of publicly saying he was not glad about his Liverpool contract state of affairs, insists Arne Slot.
Salah’s future dominated Liverpool’s pre-Actual Madrid information convention after the ahead mentioned he was in all probability “more out than in” after scoring twice for the Premier League leaders in Sunday’s comeback win over Southampton.
Liverpool boss Slot refused to touch upon the progress of negotiations together with his star participant, who’s out of contract in the summertime and says he’s but to be supplied a brand new deal.
“The only thing I can say is, when I look at my line-ups, Mo is more in than out. That quote I can give you,” mentioned Slot.
He added: “He isn’t distracted in any respect. I have never seen it after the Man Utd recreation when he made feedback. I did not see something in the present day, he’s absolutely targeted on the sport tomorrow (Wednesday).
“For those who had been on the coaching floor in the present day, nobody spoke about it at the very least once I was there. Gamers are additionally targeted on the brief time period. That’s Actual Madrid and Metropolis.
“I don’t think there is any distraction for him, the players and definitely not for me.”
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Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher was important of Salah on Monday Night time Soccer for placing the concentrate on him in a crunch week when Liverpool face Actual Madrid and Man Metropolis.
“I focus a bit more on what else Jamie said,” mentioned Slot when requested about Carragher’s feedback.
“He said Mo is one of the five best players we ever had at this club. I agree with him. I don’t think it distracts Mo. My main focus is the next game. We have another big game coming up after that.
“I talked to Mo about what I anticipate from him, like I do with all the opposite gamers. I’m not distracted in any respect by his feedback and I don’t really feel his team-mates are as nicely.”
Carra slams Salah for ‘egocentric’ feedback
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Carragher was “very disappointed” with Salah’s Liverpool contract feedback.
“Right now there’s obviously a big difference in the valuation. What Mo Salah and his agent value themselves at, whether that’s financially or in terms of length of contract, to what Liverpool do,” he mentioned on Monday Night time Soccer.
“So the reason Liverpool wouldn’t have offered a contract yet is because Mo Salah will turn it down, so they’re still in talks. I’m desperate for them to meet in the middle, but I must say I am very disappointed with Mo Salah. That interview yesterday after the game and it comes out today.
“Liverpool have gotten Actual Madrid midweek they usually’ve acquired Manchester Metropolis on the weekend, that is the story for Liverpool proper now.
“Mo Salah, we’re all quite aware, certainly the local reporters are in Liverpool, that in the seven years he’s been at the football club he’s stopped in the mixed zone twice, which is his right, which is absolutely fine.
“However he determined to cease for the third time away at Southampton on the again of profitable Liverpool the sport and placing that out.
“Now the most important thing for Liverpool this season is not the future of Mo Salah, it’s not the future of Virgil van Dijk and it’s not the future of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
“A very powerful factor is Liverpool profitable the Premier League. That’s extra necessary than any of these gamers, and if he continues to place feedback out or his agent retains placing cryptic tweets out, that is egocentric, that is interested by themselves and never the soccer membership.”
