Arne Slot reveals Liverpool squad reaction to Mo Salah's bombshell contract revelations

Liverpool's prima antheral Mohamed Salah told reporters the nine were yet to connection him a caller declaration arsenic the months tick down connected his existent woody which ends adjacent summer

Arne Slot insists Mo Salah’s declaration concern is acold from a distraction - and whitethorn adjacent beryllium motivating him.

The Liverpool prima dropped a bombshell connected Sunday erstwhile helium revealed the nine person yet to connection him a caller contract. Salah, 32, is retired of declaration successful the summertime on with Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

But the Egyptian prima claimed helium is “more retired than in” adjacent summertime arsenic talks person yet to find a breakthrough. Reds brag Slot is not disquieted astir the concern arsenic helium fielded questions up of Wednesday night’s Champions League clash with Real Madrid astatine Anfield.

Salah has scored 12 goals and created 10 truthful acold this play with Liverpool apical of the Premier League and Champions League tables. He said: “The lone happening I tin accidental is that if I look astatine my line-ups Mo is much successful than out. So that punctuation I tin springiness you.

“We privation his numbers to beryllium wherever they are astatine the infinitesimal due to the fact that those are the numbers that Mo ever had and inactive has. That is the affirmative thing. I don't deliberation that helium is distracted astatine all, I haven't seen that aft the United crippled erstwhile helium had immoderate comments, I haven't seen it aft a station you told maine astir [after Brighton ] helium carried connected scoring.

“He is afloat focused connected the game, these kinds of things are wrong present and the media and each the fans speech astir it which is wholly mean but if you had been astatine the AXA contiguous I don't deliberation immoderate subordinate talked astir it astatine slightest not portion I was there. Players ever springiness each different instrumentality truthful possibly they did this present but players are besides focused connected the abbreviated word and that is Madrid and that is City.

“By the clip Mo’s declaration is extended players don’t look astatine it that way, we arsenic a nine do, but the players don’t. I don't deliberation determination is immoderate distraction for him, for the players and decidedly not for maine due to the fact that I worked yesterday connected preparing the squad successful the champion imaginable mode and determination was not 1 clip successful my caput that I was reasoning astir sitting present and talking astir Mo.

Slot was besides asked astir Jamie Carragher ’s comments erstwhile helium labelled Salah ‘selfish’ for deciding to talk retired earlier crunch games against Real and Manchester City. It was past helium made the constituent astir the declaration being a motivator for the player.

He said: “I absorption a spot much connected what other helium said – helium said helium was 1 of the 5 champion 5 players Liverpool ever had and I wholly hold with him, which is not an casual happening arsenic determination person been galore large players astatine this club. I don't deliberation it distracts Mo astatine all, possibly it adjacent brings the champion retired of him if you look astatine his performances until now.

“Like I've said a fewer times already, my absorption is the adjacent crippled and if we had that crippled different large crippled is coming up and it conscionable keeps connected going. I speech to Mo astir what I expect from him, similar I bash with each the different players, and helium is successful a bully spot astatine the moment.

“I'm not distracted by his comments and I don't consciousness his team-mates are. It's bully we person a communicative successful the media, you guys person immoderate enactment present arsenic well.”

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