Liverpool boss Arne Slot has 'no clue' if Mo Salah has played last game for club
The Reds manager has seen his faltering season descend into crisis after star player Salah's bombshell interview
Arne Slot says he has "no clue" if Mohammed Salah has played his last game for Liverpool and has denied his authority has been dented by the row which has engulfed the Premier League champions.
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The manager of the under-fire Reds told reporters that he could not answer whether or not the Egyptian has played his last game for Liverpool.
When asked if Salah has played his last match, the Dutchman said: "I have no clue. I cannot answer that question at this point in time.
"I am a firm believer that there is always a possibility to return for a player. I can leave it with that I think."
He added: "The only one who can answer that question is Mo himself.
"So I can guess, but I don't think that's the right thing to do in this moment of time. It's hard for me to tell who he means in that situation, to be honest."
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Slot was being asked about the legendary winger after he sensationally declared that he felt he was being "thrown under the bus" by his club amid a terrible start to the season.
After Liverpool bottled a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Leeds United at Elland Road on Sunday, Salah, who stayed on the bench throughout the game, made the statement to Norwegian media.
He told journalists: "I don’t know what to say. It’s funny but I couldn’t believe it.
"It is a really disappointing result for us as a team because we expect to win a game like that.”
For his comments, Salah was left out of Liverpool's trip to play Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Asked what he could not believe, Salah said: “That I’m sitting on the bench for 90 minutes. The third time on the bench, I think for the first time in my career.
“I’m very, very disappointed to be fair. I have done so much for this club down the years and especially last season.
“Now I’m sitting on the bench and I don’t know why. It seems like the club has thrown me under the bus. That is how I am feeling. I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame.
“I got a lot of promises in the summer and so far I am on the bench for three games so I can’t say they keep the promise.
“I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the manager, and all of a sudden we don’t have any relationship.
“I don’t know why but it seems to me, how I see it, that someone doesn’t want me in the club.
“This club, I always support it. My kids will always support it. I love the club so much I will always do. I called my mum yesterday – you guys didn’t know if I would start or not, but I knew."
The 33-year-old has established himself as one of the Reds’ greatest ever players since joining from Roma in 2017, winning two Premier League titles and a Champions League among a string of honours.