Arne Slot Hints At Huge Mohamed Salah Decision For Marseille Trip

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Liverpool head Arne Slot has suggested Mohamed Salah will return to nan starting lineup for Wednesday’s Champions League crippled against Marseille.

Salah returned from Egypt work astatine nan Africa Cup of Nations this week, instantly reigniting questions astir his domiciled nether Slot which had been temporarily paused by his clip distant pinch his world side.

It was soon earlier his departure that Salah’s nationalist disapproval of Slot dominated nan headlines. The Reds leader has, however, many times moved to extremity nan saga by insisting nan brace person put their issues to bed.

Now backmost and disposable for selection, Salah appears group to make an contiguous return to Slot’s starting lineup.

“There’s been a infinitesimal successful nan play wherever I decided not to play Mo,” Slot said erstwhile asked if he had reflected connected nan rumor pinch Salah complete nan past fewer weeks. “And 1 infinitesimal wherever I decided not to return him to nan crippled [against Inter].

“For each nan different games, he’s been successful nan squad and he was nan first substitution against Brighton so, astatine that infinitesimal of time, there’s ne'er been an rumor for me.

“The first clip he’s capable to beryllium successful nan squad again, he is because he trained coming and is successful nan squad for [Marseille]. Let’s spot nan lineup tomorrow if you still deliberation there’s an issue.”

Slot: Salah Can Help Profligate Liverpool

Arne Slot (right) is happy to person Salah back. | Liverpool FC/Getty Images

During his clip distant pinch Egypt, Salah netted 4 goals successful six games, falling conscionable 1 short of his tally pinch Liverpool crossed nan first 20 games of nan existent campaign.

His underwhelming shape was a cardinal communicative for Slot’s side, who person steadied nan vessel successful position of results but proceed to struggle successful beforehand of goal. Liverpool get astatine nan Marseille crippled connected a tally of 4 draws successful their past 5 games.

With Liverpool now stronger successful defence, Slot touted Salah arsenic a imaginable solution to their struggles astatine nan different extremity of nan pitch, which person sparked accusations that nan Reds are now “boring.”

“To person Mo backmost is, of course, adjuvant because successful his absence we’ve created a batch of chances and not ever converted many,” Slot said.

“I saw coming that Mo has 46 goals for Liverpool successful nan Champions League and nan adjacent highest is Virgil van Dijk pinch five. So it is bully to person him back, particularly if he is capable to scope those levels that brought him 46 goals again.”