Liverpool Plunge Into Crisis as Salah Fallout Leaves Slot Facing a Defining Moment

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Liverpool’s turbulent season has been thrown into fresh turmoil after Mohamed Salah’s extraordinary public outburst left the club grappling with the biggest internal rift of the Arne Slot era.   What began as a routine recovery session at Kirkby on Sunday quickly descended into a defining moment for the club, with Salah’s relationship with Slot — and his long-term future — suddenly clouded by uncertainty. Two days after his explosive interview at Elland Road, Liverpool are still reeling.

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00:00Liverpool's turbulent season has been thrown into fresh turmoil after Mohamed Salah's

00:06extraordinary public outburst left the club grappling with the biggest internal rift of

00:11the Arne Schlott era. What began as a routine recovery session at Kirkby on Sunday quickly

00:17descended into a defining moment for the club, with Salah's relationship with Schlott and his

00:22long-term future suddenly clouded by uncertainty. Salah took part in light indoor training session

00:29alongside the starters from Saturday's 3-3 draw at Leeds United, but that was merely the backdrop to

00:34a seismic 48 hours. The immediate dilemma is whether the club's third highest goal scorer travels to

00:41Italy for Tuesday's Champions League clash with Inter Milan. The squad will fly on Monday afternoon

00:49with the media storm surrounding Schlott's press conference is guaranteed, regardless of Salah's

00:54involvement. The Egyptians' decision to accuse Liverpool of throwing him under the bus shocked

01:01many inside the club. His claim that someone doesn't want me in the club delivered after being

01:06pinched for three successive games marked a dramatic departure from the harmony of last season where he

01:13won the golden boot with 29 goals and added 18 assists, breaking the Premier League's record

01:18for a single-goal involvement season. Even as recently as April, he praised Schlott for helping him reach

01:27those heights. This time, frustration has simmered for weeks, being dropped at West Ham eight days

01:33earlier, darkened his mood, missing out against Sunderland, deepened it, but sitting unused at Leeds

01:40caused to boil over. Salah's outburst, described by some sources as calculated, has not changed that.

01:47MLS and Saudi Pro League clubs are monitoring developments closely, with Chicago Fire among

01:52those who have explored signing him before. What happens next will shape Liverpool's season and

01:58perhaps their future. The wounds from Ellum Road are raw, trust has been fractured, and a club that

02:04only months ago lifted the Premier League trophy now finds itself navigating a crisis centred around its

02:11greatest modern icon.

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