Arne Slot set for talks with Mohamed Salah before deciding forward’s fate

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot will have the final say on whether to bring Mohamed Salah back into his squad but that will depend on the outcome of his next conversation with the forward.The Egypt international was omitted from the Champions League trip to Milan in midweek following his explosive comments last weekend in which he said his relationship with the Dutchman had broken down, had been “thrown under the bus” in response to recent results and suggested Saturday’s visit of Brighton could be his last match at Anfield.

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00:00I will have a conversation with Mo this morning and the outcome of that conversation determines how it will look tomorrow.

00:18We've spoken a lot in the last week after the Sunderland game, I think there have been a lot of conversations between his representatives and ours.

00:29Our representatives and him, between him and me, after the Sunderland game, and today I will speak to him again.

00:38I think we've decided as a club and I was part of that decision not to take him towards the Inter Milan game.

00:44I'm always in contact with them, but when it comes to the decision-making of the line-up or the squad, they always leave that open to me.

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